HANDOUTSWe used a field notebook to collate all the handouts used in the field portion of the workshop (and for a few in-class exercises).
Day 1 - Evening STORY
Maggie CreekElko Land & Livestock have been very progressive leaders in their stewardship of rangelands and riparian areas. The day 2 field portion will be held in the iconic Maggie Creek Watersheds on Elko Land & Livestock's land.
Learn more about the history of managing livestock grazing for riparian improvement from Carol Evans (formerly BLM):
Hear about the transformation of the Elko Land Livestock Ranch from Jon Griggs:
extra Field HandoutsAll handouts came from our field notebook, but when participants rotated through the 'Zeedyk Structures' station to build some one rock dams and Zuni Bowls, Jeremy handed out a pocket copy of the Quivira Coalition's Erosion Control Field Guide, by Sponholtz & Anderson.
See other resources below too!
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Presentations & SLIDESDay 1: Restoring process & function in riparian areasMorning: Background & Context
Video from similar presentation Jeremy gave at Society of Range Management meeting in Reno this year: Restoring and Managing the “Emerald Islands” of the Sagebrush Sea: New Science, Sticks and Stones, and the Eager Beaver.
Afternoon - Restoring Process & Function in Riparian AreasAlthough enthusiasm has grown recently, this is not the first or last round of enthusiasm for beaver or low-cost, simple structures. Joe highlights some of this above, but the link below draws on examples here in the US from the 1930s and in France from the 1860s. These ideas have been around for a long time.
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Implementing BDAs as low-cost restoration tools
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Although Nick Bouwes was not part of this workshop, an elaborated view of what Steve covered on Bridge Creek is shown in the slides below:
A few of the Bridge Creek Publications we discussed:
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Jared McKee was kind enough to share some of his and Damion Ciotti's work on Doty Creek with us. Slides on 'Embracing Chaos' below. Related video at right:
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Since we rushed a little through this topic at end of Day 1, I, I recorded you a little video of this lecture and a live demo of some of the BRAT, RCAT and other planning tools..
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OTHER RESOURCES NRCS has developed a number of supporting documents under Conservation Practice 643 to support planning and implementation of cheap and cheerful restoration techniques.
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Click on album above to see photos from the workshop, or to add your own!
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Permit APPLICATIONS for Nevada
In order to install low-cost, instream structures in the State of Nevada you need to file for a CWA §401 Water Quality Certification from the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection, and a pre-construction notification () with the US Army Corps of Engineers, who will subsequently determine what additional NW permits may be necessary. Always contact your USACE and DEP staff representatives ahead of time to discuss what permits may be required for your project.
PLANNING & Prioritization TOOLS
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In Joe's lecture on "Where? Picking the right places to work" he mentioned the Beaver Restoration Assessment Tool (BRAT), the Valley Bottom Extraction tool and the Riparian Condition Assessment Tool (RCAT). All these GIS tools are freely available, documented and open-source (part of Riverscapes Consortium family of tools). Specific outputs from these tools are also available The Wheaton ET-AL lab has already run BRAT & RCAT for the entire state of Utah thanks to support from
Both Jeremy and Nick also mentioned easy-to-use web tools for looking a NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and derivatives for looking at mesic habitat resources (SGI Mesic Habitat Resources) to learn about riparian vegetation through time. Check out the links by clicking on SGI Map or Climate Engine below!
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An output of BRAT for Upper Humboldt River Watershed showing existing dam building capacities.
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More information on 'zeedyk structures', and low cost erosion control structures
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Bill Zeedyk and Van Clothier's Let the Water do the Work, is an excellent resource for getting up to speed on process-based restoration using these types of structures.
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Topics or resources individuals asked for during workshop NOT LISTED ABOVE
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Fish passage came up... as it often does. See Kemp et al. (2012) for a review and the following:
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