This chapter of a larger management manual covers riparian restoration, outlining suggested riparian restoration techniques. Additional topics include monitoring strategies, adaptive management, and regulatory consideration.
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This guide explains the difference between low-tech process-based restoration and traditional stream restoration methods, describing lessons learned from past projects. The authors include case studies, benefits, and funding sources.
This guide is targeted at landowners who want to transform their degraded grasslands into conservation prairies. It gives high-level guidance and helps set expectations for what such a project might entail.
Written for technicians restoring riparian ecosystems, this guide overviews the design of riparian restoration projects for areas that are impacted by recreation. Topics covered include pest management, monitoring, planting techniques, and managing human impacts.
Produced by USACE, this resource details restoration methods for riparian and arid wetland habitat across the Western United States. Topics covered include plant species selection, planting techniques, and monitoring procedures.
The website provides a diversity of tools highlighting the best practices for riverine connectivity restoration. A special emphasis is placed on dam removal, floodplain restoration, and the economics of river restoration.
Rock weirs encompass multiple stream restoration techniques, including J-hooks, cross vanes, and step pools. The authors provide design guidance and information about the hydrology and geomorphology of rock weirs.
This resource provides information on implementing a national framework for early detection and rapid response.
Overview of sagebrush ecosystem and dependent wildlife species, plus extensive discussion of causes of sagebrush degradation and strategies to address them. Also includes a chapter on adaptive management and monitoring.
This guidance manual includes technica assistance, tools, and steps recommended to develop and implement science-backed coastal restoration monitoring efforts. It describes the stages of restoration and monitoring plans, key considerations for monitoring plans, and walks users through creating a unique monitoring plan for several coastal habitats.
This guidance manual, the second in a two part series (part one linkes above) offers detailed descriptions of the habitats identified in volume 1, inventories coastal restoration monitoring programs, reviewes monitoring techniques manuals and quality control documents, provides a brief overview of pertinent governmental acts, offers a cost analysis of expected expenses, a term flossary, and an in-depth discussion of socioeconomic issues that may arise in the coastal habitat restoration context.
This manual contains information useful for planning, implementing, and maintaining grassland restoration projects. The case history library documents learnings from case studies from the target region.
Covering the process of collecting and then replanting seagrass seeds and plants, this guide helps managers determine the ideal habitat criteria for their project. Additional topics covered include permitting, storing seeds and monitoring.
The website contains materials that provide information on liability, burning in longleaf stands, and training needs, among other resources.
This report outlines the required standards for DOI and USDA for any prescribed burn activity.
This guide covers all stages of oyster restoration projects, leading managers through the process from planning to monitoring. The authors also cover the ecological connectivity of oyster reefs, threats to oyster populations and funding sources.
This comprehensive resource provides in-depth information for developing watershed restoration projects. Topics covered include the human dimensions of riverine connectivity, identifying restoration needs, developing and implementing projects, and project monitoring and evaluation.
Written by a distinguished team of stream experts, this guide covers different stream design processes and channel configurations. Additional topics covered include permitting, stream hydrology, and impacts on sediment.
This guide covers siting, designing, and monitoring stream restoration projects to maximize ecological benefits. Additional topics covered include installing riparian buffers, flood studies, and an introduction to fluvial processes.
This resource provides specifications for firebreak widths dependent on fuel type.