Riparian Restoration 101: Stream Restoration

Severely eroded stream banks sometimes require restoration before the trees are planted in a riparian forest buffer. Streambank restoration is an expensive practice. Ryan Davis, Pennsylvania Forest Program Manager, offers his rule-of-thumb for in-field determination of whether stream restoration is needed. This video is part of the Riparian Restoration 101 series on buffer design, implementation, and maintenance.

[billsmith]

Beaver dam analogs, followed by beaver dams. Cheap and cheerful. More miles of stream per dollar.

[OceanFarmer]

fantastic video. great ideas on a widespread problem.

[greghelton]

Introduce beavers to prevent erosion and restore the water table.

[bigears]

Don't forget creeks and river systems naturally move themselves and have been doing that for millions of years

[cogsworth]

What are the second and third rows of trees for? Seems to me like if you're planning to lose a row of trees or two that's a lot of erosion.

[RealGoldRealWealth]

A day's work for a D7
. Not expensive at all!

[Pachydiplax]

Just think, if we were to let the erosion continue for a few million years we could have another Grand Canyon!