Posted in restoration on Apr 13th, 2012
We note the draft language in Montana DNRC’s 2012 Model Floodplain Ordinance requiring that “a licensed professional engineer” (P.E.) design all stream restoration and bank stabilization projects undertaken in Montana. While engineering is an important professional discipline, the proposed rule as written would greatly diminish the vital roles played by hydrologists, fluvial geomorphologists, sedimentologists, ecologists, [...]
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Posted in restoration on Jan 10th, 2012
At Trout Headwaters we put a lot of emphasis on stream and wetland assessment. Our unwavering belief in scientifically-sound assessments of water resources led us to develop a patented system just for assessments called RiverWorks Rapid Assessment System®. Because of the number of stream restoration failures we’ve seen in the last 16 years, we have [...]
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Posted in restoration on Jan 3rd, 2012
Posted in restoration on Dec 7th, 2011
Conservation groups recently launched a new website, focused on restoring one of America’s greatest natural resources, the Mississippi River Delta. The site houses scientific information, public policy analysis, cultural and historical summaries, and Delta Dispatches, a news blog about restoration efforts in the delta. Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/28/4084617/mississippi-river-delta-restoration.html#ixzz1f44QdBVC Visit the Site: http://www.mississippiriverdelta.org/ Tweet
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Posted in restoration on Nov 9th, 2011
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Posted in restoration on Jul 14th, 2011
Kudos are deserved for the North Carolina legislature for recently passing legislation (which Governor Perdue signed) addressing an issue that has plagued the stream and wetland restoration efforts for years: insufficient project assessment, design and monitoring. Fifteen years ago, Trout Headwaters, Inc (THI) entered the stream restoration industry, and unfortunately, a significant amount of our [...]
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Posted in restoration on Jul 7th, 2011
Many terms have been used to describe the engineering use of plant materials for slope stabilization – soil bioengineering, biotechnical stabilization, biostabilization, green engineering, biotechnical erosion control – but the underlying concept for all terms is the use of plants (sometimes in combination with other reinforcement materials) to reduce the erosive forces of water and [...]
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Posted in restoration on Jun 25th, 2011
According to a recent report by the Raleigh News & Observer, more than 30 stream restoration projects have failed during or after construction in the state of North Carolina, “a few of them multiple times, turning what was supposed to be a cleanup into an environmental hazard.” The state is reportedly spending millions repairing these [...]
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Posted in restoration on Jun 13th, 2011
Doug Pickford of Trout Headwaters, Inc. (THI), an environmental planner with 20 years of experience in the Chesapeake Bay area, will follow events in the bay watershed as the tide turns from voluntary to mandatory for bay cleanup regulations and protections. Doug’s blog series for THI will document what is likely the largest and most [...]
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Posted in restoration on May 30th, 2011
Most streams in the Chesapeake watershed are in poor condition, according to data released recently by the Chesapeake Bay Program. The federal and state partnership that coordinates restoration efforts, also released data showing reductions in key pollutants over the past 25 years at monitoring sites along tributaries that feed the Chesapeake, and noted levels were still below [...]
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