Restoring Riverscapes Workshop – Advancing Process-Based Actions
March 7, 8, 9, 2023
9:00am to 5:00pm PST
~ a virtual workshop event~
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Description
The workshop will be presented online to allow broad participation. Over three days workshop participants will be engaged with the science and practice of process-based, riverscape restoration.
Building on process-based habitat restoration’s focus on improving fluvial, hydrologic, and biological process functions, riverscape restoration helps unleash streams, rivers, and floodplains to support more resilient and productive ecosystems.
This workshop, co-sponsored by NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, aims to expand the pace and scale of riverscape restoration, consistent with our focus on seeking large-scale and ambitious opportunities that will make meaningful differences for salmon and steelhead conservation and recovery.
Riverscape restoration is a holistic approach to addressing broad-scale, system-wide impairments.
This technique employs a suite of process-based actions to generate ecological uplift at the landscape scale.
Our workshop will engage with the practice of riverscape restoration and its universe of opportunities and constraints through engaging, dynamic expert presentations, stories of place, and collaborative engagement sessions.
Workshop goals
- Expand the scale and pace of riverscape restoration and floodplain reconnection
- Increase knowledge of the principles and benefits of process-based, riverscape restoration approach
- Examine institutional and social constraints to implementing these restoration approaches
- Explore how to encourage robust, region-wide implementation and innovations to expand the practice
The pace and scale of riverscape restoration must be increased if we are to make a meaningful difference for climate adaptation, wildfire resilience, water security, and salmon and steelhead conservation and recovery.
We seek participants from all parts of the restoration community, in particular, managers and staff from federal and state agencies, tribal communities, watershed councils, and conservation organizations who oversee, fund, or regulate riverscape restoration.
Please see the workshop webpage for updates and to register for the workshop: RestoringRiverscapes.org. Please reach out to info@RestoringRiverscapes.org if you have any questions.