Aquatic Restoration

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Aquatic Restoration
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Stream Restoration

• Stream function closely follows morphology.

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Trout Creek Restoration
Objective To remove this dam and restore Trout
Creek to stream function.
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• Take field measurements below
• dam

• Field measurements throughout
• at least one year allow reasonable
• objectives to be set.

• Concurrent watershed evaluations
• allow landscape perspective.

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2. Create plan

• Plans created do not
• need to detail every
• meter of stream, but
• should give guidance
• regarding general
• construction style.

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3. Construction

• It is essential to use contractors
• who have experience doing the
• work required.

• Most maintenance problems are
• solved at this stage, not after the
• project is built and functioning.

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4. Completed restoration

• Note the natural looking
• sinuosity and pool/riffle
• sequence.

• The soft forms along the
• bank make natural looking
• contours as compared to
• the old gabion construction.

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5. Project evaluation Five years later

• Its hard to believe that
• five years ago this site
• was lentic water behind a
• dam.

• Notice the in-stream-structure
• already accumulating in the stream.

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Lake Restoration
1. Reshaping Basin

• Also used to resize
• or deepen a lake or pond

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Lake Renovation
1. Reshaping Basin
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2. Vegetation Management

• Lake design is first choice
• for vegetation management

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3. Undesirable Fish Community

• Its all about balance

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3. Undesirable fish
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Wetland Restoration

• Diverse wetlands serve diverse functions.

• Hydrology is key

• High maintenance constructed wetlands
• are frequently not sustainable.

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Wetland Restoration

• From human-centered
• wetland to human-watched
• wetland

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Wetland Restoration
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Wetland Restoration

• Atchafalaya Delta region, Louisana pre-Katrina