Rivers - Entries in Restoration
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Rhode Island’s Fight to Protect and Restore its Sea LifeAt Ninigret Pond, on Rhode Island’s south coast, the state’s Coastal Resources Management Council and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are restoring vital saltwater eelgrass habitat. The main problem: Too much sand had ruined Ninigret Pond’s eelgrass habitat, jeopardizing the juvenile species that live there, such as bay scallops, cod, winter flounder, blue mussels, blue crabs and lobster.…
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Conservation vs. Restoration - There Is A DifferenceMany people believe that Conservation and Restoration are essentially the same thing. Sadly, this misconception is something we hear a lot, so we felt it’s time to clear things up.…
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Volunteers Across Miami Foster Seedlings For RestorationHundreds of volunteers collected mangrove seedlings from various Miami-Dade County locations where they would otherwise have perished and then distributed them to retail and commercial businesses in South Beach, schools and the Miami Science Museum.…
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Rice Creek Meander Project Preserves Vital HabitatFor some the Minnesota Rice Creek Meander Project represented an opportunity to reconnect Rice Creek with its historic floodplain; for others it was an opportunity to redefine the way hydrologists look at watercourses. The happy marriage won the prestigious Engineering Excellence Award and created a brighter future for river restoration worldwide.…
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When Dams No Longer Serve Their PurposeEven though some dams no longer serve a purpose, they continue to have negative impacts on the estuary and freshwater community, they eliminate access to other parts of the river by various species of fish and fall into disrepair through neglect. Enter Stantec, a company that is actively trying to restore natural flows to unneeded dams.…
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The Bellingham Eco-HeroesLast April, six intrepid environmental advocates were chosen to receive the Environmental Heroes Award from RE Sources, a nonprofit environmental education organization in Bellingham, Washington. Their incredible work has made a significant positive impact on their local environment and so we wanted to find out what they’re up to now and how their success has impacted their advocacy work.…
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When It Comes To Restoration, Sometimes You Just Have To Dive InBrian Herod is a cofounder of the Japhet Creek Restoration Project, which has been revitalizing one of the last remaining natural tributaries of Buffalo Bayou. When it comes to restoration, Brian Herod says “First, take action. We could have spent months planning and thinking about the project, but instead, we just dove in.”…
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Restoring North Portland’s Willamette RiverThanks to efforts from the Willamette Riverkeeper, the Willamette River will hopefully begin to recover from years of industrial activity and neglect.…
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Stream Corridor RestorationOnly 56% of the nation’s rivers and streams can support multiple uses such as drinking water, wildlife habitat, recreation and agriculture. There is clearly a lot of restoration to be accomplished.…
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Oregonians Get Together to Save the Willamette RiverThe Willamette River, the mighty "blood vein" connecting all life in the basin, badly needs help. Two million Oregonians are connected by the common thread of the Willamette River. …
