Read up on Principles and Logan River CAP

Due Sep 6, 2019 by 1:30pm
Points 50

Before our second class, please read up to be informed for a discussion on the following

Logan River CAP (Conservation Action Plan:
- Logan River Restoration Conservation Action Plan Links to an external site., May 2016, Biowest. Logan, Utah.
- See also resources here Links to an external site.
Skim the following on restoration principles:
- Beechie, T., Sear, D.A., Olden, J.D., Pess, G.R., Buffington, J.M., Moir, H., Roni, P. and Pollock, M.M., 2010. Process-based principles for river restoration. Bioscience, 60(3): 209-222. DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.3.7 Links to an external site.. Focus on pp. 212-214 on principles in this benchmark paper in river restoration literature on process-based restoration.
- Cairns, S., Dudley, N., Hall, C., Keeneleyside, K. and Stolton, S., 2012. Ecological restoration for protected areas : principles, guidelines and best practices Links to an external site.. Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series. IUCN, 120 pp. - Just reach chapter 3.
- Suding, K., Higgs, E., Palmer, M., Callicott, J.B., Anderson, C.B., Baker, M., Gutrich, J.J., Hondula, K.L., LaFevor, M.C., Larson, B.M.H., Randall, A., Ruhl, J.B. and Schwartz, K.Z.S., 2015. Committing to ecological restoration. Science, 348(6235): 638-640. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa4216 Links to an external site.. Read this entire policy perspective highlighting four principles for ecological restoration.
- Wheaton, J.M., Bennett, S.N., Bouwes, N., Camp, R., Maestas, J.D. and Shahverdian, S.M. 2019. Chapter 2 – Principles of Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration Links to an external site.. In: J.M. Wheaton, S.N. Bennett, N. Bouwes, J.D. Maestas and S.M. Shahverdian (Editors), Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes: Design Manual Links to an external site.. Utah State University Wheaton Restoration Consortium, Logan, Utah. 30 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34270.69447 Links to an external site.. Focus on restoration principles in this chapter on principles specific to the low-tech processs-based restoration of structurally-starved riverscapes.

Next week, you write a short essay reconciling the different examples of restoration principles and discussing how they apply to your project in the Logan River Crockett Reach.

Notes:

PDFs of are deliberately not provided so that you get experience using the DOIs and gettin the articles directly from the journal (may require on-campus or VPN for some) or from ResarchGate.