Revitalizing native ecosystems—living lifeboats of biodiversity that endure drought, flood, fire and heat.
For generations, humans have unraveled the fabric of nature. Ecological regeneration can mend those rips—and more importantly, weave new fabric that evolves with a changing world.
Woody Creek Resources restores living systems in the Northern Rockies—practical, field-proven work that lets water, soils, and wildlife do the healing.
We start with function: hydrology, vegetation dynamics, and keystone interactions. Then we design for resilience—projects that hold through drought, flood, and time.
Our approach is simple: measure what matters, build only what’s needed, and let natural processes carry the load.
If you want outcomes you can monitor—not just installations—you’re in the right place.
“The more life an ecosystem holds, the more power it has to heal, regulate, and endure. Biodiversity isn’t a bonus — it’s the operating system of the planet.”
— E.O. Wilson
Restore function first.
We work to understand ecosystems as they are—their current
ecology, natural history, and the forces that shape them—to
re-establish native plant communities and the processes that
sustain them. The goal isn’t to recreate what once was; it’s to
build living systems resilient enough to carry wildlife and native
plants through the decades ahead. Woody Creek Resources helps
nature recover its strength—guided by water, soils, and native
community assembly.
We don’t attempt to control nature—we work with it. Each project begins with understanding how an ecosystem functions and where balance has been lost. Our role is to help restore those processes so native biodiversity can take care of itself again.
Every restoration includes two lasting tools: an Adaptive Management Plan—a living owner’s manual for the ecosystem—and a set of Protective Measures that safeguard progress over time. These plans are built during the restoration itself, specific to each site and community.
Success is measured by change that endures: soils rebuilding, native plants re-establishing, wildlife returning. But the deeper outcome is human—when people begin to see their place as part of nature’s system, not outside it.
Every project is a chance to let Nature keep its promise.
James W. Goos is a Restoration Ecologist and Mammalogist with decades of applied field work across the Northern Rockies. Guided by the ethos that ecology integrates all the natural sciences, his approach restores the interrelationships that sustain biodiversity and resilience. Through both freelance research and client-based consulting, James develops process-driven restoration strategies that revive ecological function, reconnect habitat, and build long-term resilience into working landscapes.
He regards restoration as both science and responsibility—partnering with land stewards to return ecological autonomy and leave systems that can sustain themselves long after the project ends.
Email: woodycreek@runbox.com
Phone: (406) 930-0456 | Office: (406) 932-7028
Base: Big Timber, Montana • Projects across the Northern Rockies