Bluff council backs start of Secondary Water working group to protect water rights Council supported forming a Secondary Water Working Group, with volunteer Patrick McDermott proposing initial low-cost 'test runs' using truck-filled low-pressure systems to demonstrate proof of use and longer-term piping and riparian restoration plans.

Bluff Town Council is taking bold steps to protect its water rights by forming a Secondary Water Working Group, starting with innovative low-cost test runs!

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Habitat Council approves a slate of WMA projects and funding allocations across Utah At its February meeting the Habitat Council approved multiple WMA habitat projects — including maintenance, invasive species control, beaver and riparian programs, equipment leases, and new pond engineering — and set allocation splits across species funding categories for several multi-benefit projects.

The Habitat Council in Utah has approved crucial funding for a range of wildlife habitat projects, from invasive species control to riparian restoration, that promise to enhance our natural ecosystems!

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#UT #RiparianRestoration #CitizenPortal #WildlifeConservation

Last year we were planting native trees with @srstreamkeepers.bsky.social along the riverbank while the beavers were eating the existing larger trees along the Slocan River.
#riparianrestoration
#coexistence
#beaver

Developer-backed flood-storage and riparian restoration proposed for Moffett Open Space; committee hears presentation Guardian Capital and engineering team presented a proposal to construct flood-storage, riparian restoration and wetland habitat improvements at Moffett Open Space to provide flood-volume mitigation for a nearby development. The committee received information and asked questions; the item was for discussion only.

A bold new plan for Moffett Open Space aims to transform flood management while enhancing community recreation with trails and green spaces, but will it truly address environmental concerns?

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‘They are a species on the brink’: can trees save the salmon in Scotland’s River Dee? Last year, a single female was recorded returning to one tributary of a river usually celebrated for its fish. Now a plan is in place to change things – but it’s proving controversial

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The native trees planted along the Slocan River in 2024 are growing very well!
#riparianrestoration
#cottonwood

Gonna have some raw fingers when I get done scarring the 150 American Lotus seeds I got... #PureMichigan #NativeGardening #NativePlants #Michigan #PlantNative #Permaculture #NativeEcology #StreamEcology #NativePlantsOfNorthAmerica #RiparianRestoration

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Video: #MossyEarth and #RiverReviversUK built fake beaver dams to Rewild a Dead River on Glassy Farm in Scotland. The River is adjacent to non native Sitka Spruce plantations (at 7min30) and suffers from excess acidity & silt in runoff. #RiparianRestoration #BeaverDamAnalogs tinyurl.com/55uctreh

Native trees (cottonwood, willow, alder, etc) planted along the Slocan River with tree protectors for beavers

This year we planted 1,000 native trees (cottonwood, willow, alder, etc) and 1,000 live stakes with @srstreamkeepers.bsky.social along the Slocan River, BC
Creating short and long term wildlife habitat (fish habitat), slowing down erosion, etc.
#riparianrestoration
#nativetrees
#wilidlifehabitat

honey bee collecting pollen from native willow buds

Honey bee collecting pollen from native willow buds .
Willows provide early pollen to native pollinators & honey bees. They are one of our main trees planted in our riparian restoration projects. Willows serve many ecological functions.
#pussywillow
#pollinatorrs
#riparianrestoration
#willow
#bee

i was lucky enough to spend some time, during BeaverCon, with many of the principal folks in this video. they are doing fabulous work.
#beavers #castorcanadensis
#riparianrestoration
#fishing
#flyfishing
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Cottonwood trees planted in 2021 with tree protectors to keep beavers away.

Riparian restoration project started in 2021 at Walter Clough Wildlife Sanctuary a bird sanctuary in the Slocan River with @srstreamkeepers.bsky.social
The cottonwood trees are growing well and creating wildlife habitat.
#riparianrestoration
#cottonwoodecosystem
#ecosystemsatrisk
#wildlifehabitat

Cutting down the reed canary grass in a 3 year old riparian restoration project along the Slocan River in BC with @srstreamkeepers.bsky.social

#riparianrestoration
#cottonwoodriparianecosystem
#ecosystemsatrisk

a large number of trees planted along the river protected from beaver with tree protectors next to a cottonwood tree cut down by the beavers

One step forward, one step back
#riparianrestoration 2024 with @slocanriverstreamkeepers