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.
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This wepage links to FEMA's flood risk MAP products. Flood Risk Products help state, tribal, territories and local governments and community officials view and visualize their local flood risk, allowing communities to make informed decisions about reducing flood loss and mitigating potential damage from flood hazards. These tools include flood risk maps, reports, and databases.
This webpage outlines FEMA's Risk MAP strategy, links to FEMA's flood risk products (maps, reports, and a databasw), and overview cards (technical and non-technical) explaining the features, benefits and uses of these products.
This is an inventory of barriers to aquatic connectivity in the United States. The database also prioritizes structures whose removal would be particularly ecologically beneficial.
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.
This resource provides information on implementing a national framework for early detection and rapid response.
Part of NOAA’s Digital Coast toolbox, SLAMM helps predict where marshes will migrate to under threat from rising seas. The model contains helpful inputs including dike locations, accretion rates, and erosion rates. An explainer document is available.
To plan for future sea level rise, this tool allows viewers to visualize coastal flooding for up to 10 ft of sea level rise. The model also contains photo simulations of landmarks under certain sea level rise scenarios, projected marsh migration and socioeconomic vulnerability.
This tool helps forest managers match seedlots with planting sites based on current or future climate scenarios to optimize germination success.
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 detailed guidebook summarizes the best current knowledge on using beaver to restore streams, floodplains, wetlands and riparian systems. It summarizes beaver ecology, watershed-level planning, beaver dam analogues, urban and general population management, and dam viability amongst other topics.
The Fire and Fuels Extension from FVS is a helpful tool for forest fuel management. This guidebook provides examples, stand visualizations, and outputs from the software.
Provides a detailed approach to managing forests in the urban setting.
This book describes methods for using prescribed fire as a control method for invasive plant species.