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Presented at the NABS Annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2004
in Restoration Ecology
Characterizing river restoration in our nation: inital results from the National River Restoration Science Synthesis
E.S. Bernhardt1, M.A. Palmer1,2, J.D. Allan3, and THE National River Restoration Science Synthesis4. 1Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, 2Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, 3School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48103, 4NCEAS Working Group
A great deal of money and effort is expended today in stream restoration, yet too little energy has been directed toward learning what works and what does not, and how to make projects more effective for restoring river health. Given the urgent concerns over the health of our waterways, the timing is right for a rigorous scientific evaluation of our progress. The National Riverine Restoration Science Synthesis (NRRSS) working group has been collecting and synthesizing information about stream restoration activities around the country since 2002, in order to assess the state of both the science and the practice of river restoration and to make specific recommendations for improvements. Here we characterize the practice of river restoration nationally, with particular focus on regional differences in goals, approaches and reporting.
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