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Increase watershed resilience by restoring stream and floodplain structure and processes

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Approach

Increase watershed resilience by restoring stream and floodplain structure and processes

Tactics

  • Manage for deep-rooted riparian vegetation (controlling invasives) to increase channel stability.
  • Reduce road and trail density near streams.
  • Increase stream crossing capacity (e.g.
  • culverts
  • bridges) to accommodate high flows and aquatic organism passage.

Citation

Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J.; Little, N.J.; Joyce, L.A., eds. (2018). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.,