Mr. Wenk is founder and President of Wenk Associates, Inc., a Denver-based landscape architectural firm. For over 30 years, he has been influential in the restoration and redevelopment of urban river and stream corridors, the transformation of derelict urban land, and the design of public parks and open spaces. He is recognized nationally for utilizing stormwater as a resource. Bill's recent work includes a master plan for the reclamation of the 32-mile Los Angeles River corridor in California; "green infrastructure" planning and implementation for the redevelopment of abandoned railyards, and restoration of the Menomonee River in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and site planning and design of stormwater gardens for infill and redevelopment projects in several cities across the nation.
Bill's work has been published frequently in national and international professional journals and has won numerous design awards. He recently served on the National Science Foundation's panel for the revision of Federal stormwater quality regulations. Bill is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects.