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.
This series was created by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the Upper and Middle James Riparian Consortium, and funded by the James River Association. To learn more about the Consortium, visit jamesriverconsortium.org/.

[@billsmith5109]

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.

[@greghelton4668]

Introduce beavers to prevent erosion and restore the water table.

[@bigears4426]

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

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Great

[@cogsworth2634]

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!

[@Pachydiplax1]

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