Riverscape Restoration Network
Connecting Restoration Practitioners in the West
The Riverscape Restoration Network (RRN) is a network established in 2020 to bring together agencies, non-profits, academics, funders, and restoration professionals interested in sharing information about process-based stream restoration (PBR) work happening across the western states to improve resilience to drought and wildfire among many other benefits. We began with about 40 members and have grown to over 200 from members referring their colleagues as they have found the presentations and networking very helpful. Here is the RRN member list that we share as a networking tool.
The RRN meets quarterly via Zoom to share information and lessons learned on PBR projects and research. The meetings are focused on presentations that address challenges to implementing projects, educate on new research, and provide communications tactics. Previous topics on RRN have focused on permitting, water rights, federal funding, monitoring, best practices for beaver recolonization and addressing coexistence issues, and communicating about project purpose/goals/outcomes, among other topics.
The RRN works to further communicate and share the emerging science and practice of PBR across the Western United States. American Rivers recently released a State of the Science on Restoring Western Headwater Mountain Streams, which reviews both published and unpublished research, case studies and project information on the effects of restoring incised and degraded headwater streams in Colorado and other western states with low-tech PBR. You can find the full report and the Overview on the American Rivers’ website.
For more information about RRN, or to join the network please email Fay Hartman (fhartman@americanrivers.org) or Jackie Corday (jackiecorday@gmail.com).
