Stream Repair

Are your streams having a mid-life crisis? This section provides some theraputic guidance on bank stabilization, grade control, natural channel design, stream cleanups, floodplain reconnection, and other stream restoration techniques. See Riparian and Pervious Areas for buffer planting techniques.

Guidebooks/Articles

Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual No. 4: Urban Stream Repair Practices (Version 1.0)
Authors: T. Schueler, K. Brown Released: 2004
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This stream repair manual concentrates on practices used to enhance the appearance, stability, structure, or function of urban streams. Presents three broad approaches to urban stream repair - stream cleanups, simple repairs, and more sophisticated comprehensive repair applications. Outlines how to set appropriate restoration goals, how to choose the best combination of stream repair practices to meet the goals, and how to assess stream repair potential at the subwatershed level. Finally, the manual offers practical advice to help design, permit, construct andmaintain stream repair practices in a series of more than 30 profile sheets.

Urban Stream Restoration Practices: An Initial Assessment
Authors: K. Brown Released: 2000

Numerous stream restoration techniques are being employed that vary from "hard" structural approaches to "soft" bioengineering approaches. Examines 24 different types of stream restoration practices and includes over 450 individual practice installations. Each practice was evaluated in the field according to four simple visual criteria: structural integrity, function, habitat enhancement, and vegetative stability.

Field Forms

Stream Repair Investigation Form
Authors: Center for Watershed Protection Released: 2004

Much of the initial concept design can be developed based on USA survey data and field observation, although in some cases, a second visit to a project reach may be needed to verify site information, collect more stream assessment data, and work up a more detailed design sketch. This form, the SRI, is available as a standalone her, but is discussed in Urban Stream Repair Practices.

The Practice of Watershed Protection Articles

Below are articles from The Practice of Watershed Protection that pertain specifically to this topic. To purchase the hardbound book or CD of these articles, please visit our store. For citing these articles, add the article author and title to the following: The Practice of Watershed Protection. 2000. T. Schueler and H. Holland, eds. Center for Watershed Protection. Ellicott City, MD. Authors of each individual article can be found underneath the title in the file.

144. Sligo Creek: Comprehensive Stream Restoration
145. Bioengineering in Four Mile Run, Virginia
146. Coconut Rolls Used For Natural Streambank Stabilization
147. Pipers Creek: Salmon Habitat Restoration in the Pacific Northwest
148. The Longevity of Instream Habitat Structures
149. Stream Daylighting in Berkeley, CA Creek
150. Parallel Pipe Systems as a Stream Protection Technique

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