PRECISION BLASTING, LLCClearing Obstructions in Streams and Ponds
Log jams, beaver dams and rock that is breaking your flow.
Water finds a way, and when something blocks it the water goes somewhere you did not plan for — across a field, under a road, into a basement.
Clearing an obstruction in moving water is not the same as clearing one on dry ground. Access is poor, the material is saturated and tangled, and heavy equipment often cannot get near it without doing more damage than the jam.
What we clear
- Log jams blocking creeks and irrigation ditches
- Beaver dams restoring flow to pasture and stock water
- Rock and debris obstructions in streambeds
- Blocked culverts and crossings
- Pond outlets and spillways
Doing it carefully
Water work sits under environmental rules that dry ground does not, and there are often fisheries and downstream considerations. We plan these jobs with that in mind and will tell you when a permit or agency conversation needs to happen first.
Done properly, an obstruction that would take a week of machine work in a bad access spot can be cleared in a fraction of the time and with far less disturbance to the banks.
- Federally Explosives Licensed (ATF)
- Fully insured
- Blasting experience since 2013
- Licensed across ID, MT, WA, OR, NV, UT and NM
- Free on-site assessment and quote
- Owner-operated — you talk to Dan, not a call center
Questions about stream and pond obstruction clearing
Do I need a permit to clear a stream obstruction?
Sometimes, depending on the waterway and what is downstream. We will tell you what we think is required before we plan the work.
Can you remove a beaver dam without draining the pond?
Usually yes, and often it is better to release the water in stages rather than all at once. We plan the sequence with what is downstream in mind.
Is this safe for fish and banks?
Handled properly it is generally less disruptive than dragging equipment through a streambed. We plan around it.
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