Coastal restoration
River Restoration: Practices and Concepts
River Restoration: Practices and Concepts
Residential and urban rivers and streams are becoming degraded throughout the nation. A broadening landscape of impervious surfaces – parking lots, roads and rooftops – causes changes to stream hydrology. These changes often lead to accelerated erosion of stream banks or a downcutting of streambeds each time it rains. Rivers and streams have also often been channelized or otherwise modified to serve man’s purposes and convey floodwater more quickly downstream. These changes all have as adverse impact on stream communities.
Since 2001, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant has hosted workshops pertaining to various aspects of river and stream restoration. The River Restoration: Practices and Concepts workshops provide the opportunity to hear about the latest restoration projects from experts nationally as well as from the region, and communicate with other professionals with similar interests. Here is a list of previous workshops:
A Hands-on Workshop on the Latest Techniques for Stream Restoration
June 2001
A Hands-on Workshop on the Latest Techniques for Dam Modification and Removal
April 2002
Beyond the Basics of Dam Removal and Modification Workshop
June 2003
Riparian Bioengineering and Restoration Techniques
July 2004
Restoring Stream Fisheries with Meander Pools, Riffles and Fishways
September 2005
Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Studies to Evaluate Instream Restoration Practices
December 2009
- If we build it, will they come? Messy Implications of Assessing Biological Responses to River Restoration, Luther Aadland, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Design, Implementation and Analysis of Studies to Evaluate Restoration Practices, Robert Fisher, University of Alabama at Birmingham
