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Tag Archives: stream restoration
Midwestern Restorations in the News
Here are some items to add this week’s restoration reading list. They cover United States and Midwestern US restorations from a variety of scales and points of view. Topics range from efforts across the United States to usher in … Continue reading
Portland’s Sustainable Stormwater Management
Portland, Oregon, with a city population of 583,000 and over 2 million in the metro area of 145 square miles receives an average annual precipitation total of just over 37 inches. When this rainfall hits the ground it becomes storm … Continue reading
Posted in Green stormwater infrastructure, Rain gardens, Storm water, Stormwater best management practices, Stream restoration, Watershed protection
Tagged Green storm water management, Portland, Portland Oregon Sustainable Storm water Management, Storm water management, storm water runoff, stream restoration, watershed management programs, Watershed protection
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An Urban Restoration Opportunity
Currently this storm water channel is a lost restoration opportunity. It is a lost opportunity because officials are not trying new approaches to managing urban streams and waters. It is a lost opportunity because the forbidding channel does not engage … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological restoration, Lake Wingra, Lake Wingra Watershed, Madison/Nakoma Road storm water pond, Neighborhood restoration projects, restoration, Restoration ecology, Storm water, Stream restoration, Urban Stream Syndrome, Watershed protection
Tagged civic engagement, ecological restoration, Friends of Lake Wingra, lake wingra watershed, Springs, Storm water management, stream restoration
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Pheasant Branch Streambank Stabilization
Our topic today is ecological restoration and stream bank stabilization of urban streams– in this case the popular Pheasant Branch in Middleton, Wisconsin. The City of Middleton had previously restored and stabilized the bank of Pheasant Branch between Park Street … Continue reading
Wetland restoration in Stevens Point to fight floods | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com
Suddenly, this past week the Mississippi River is in the news because of the flood waters surging towards New Orleans. The US Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza Spillway on Saturday, a decision that sent flood waters into prime farm land … Continue reading
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