Posted in freshwater on Mar 7th, 2012
If you care about the protection and restoration of Montana’s streams and rivers, it’s time to let your voice be heard. The Montana Department of Natural Resources (DNRC) has formally implemented a plan to require the use of large, non-native rip rap and/or concrete structures for all stream restoration and bank stabilization projects in the [...]
Posted in planning on May 5th, 2010
A stream or river is constantly adjusting itself. This is nature’s balancing act between the amount of water and gradient in the channel, and the amount and size of the sediment within the system. Any disturbance, either natural or human-caused, will change this balance. Activities such as building within the floodplain, constructing roads in riparian [...]
Posted in pollution on Dec 21st, 2009
(Reprinted from the Environmental News Network): Back in 2003’s Global Environment Outlook Year Book, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declared the ocean’s “dead zones” the world’s top emerging environmental challenge. Now a recent report by UNEP says the number of dead zones, or low oxygenated areas in the world’s oceans, may have now grown [...]
Posted in freshwater on Dec 4th, 2009
Riparian areas filter nutrients and improve water quality. In agricultural-use watersheds, nutrient filtering in riparian zones can help control agricultural nonpoint-source pollution. Sediment deposition is a natural process that takes place during periodic flooding. Accelerated upland erosion can increase sediment deposition in riparian and wetland areas because of downslope movement of dislodged soil material. Such [...]
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