"The 2007 Upper Joseph Creek Restoration Project was successfully completed from August - November, 2007. One hundred forty-two instream structures were modified using an excavator along 8.0-miles of Chesnimnus and Elk Creeks to allow for complete juvenile fish passage and appropriate channel form and function to develop. Road decommissioning activities took place along the entire length of the Peavine Trail, from the north-end trail bridge, 4.6 miles downstream to the 4670 road junction. All culverts were removed and replaced with fords or drain dips, the road was narrowed along its entire length, and all previous riparian exclosure fences rebuilt on the east side of the creek."--Abstract.
"The 2006 Upper Joseph Creek Restoration Project was successfully completed from July 10 – September 30, 2006. Ninety-one instream structures were modified using an excavator along 9.5- miles of Peavine, Chesnimnus and Devils Run Creeks to allow for complete juvenile fish passage. Twenty-five trees were also either pushed or placed into the stream along those reaches, usually in conjunction with the modified structures, for improved habitat diversity. Sulfur cinquefoil was sprayed with Picloram and Glyphosate along 4.6 miles of the Peavine Trail for a total treatment area of 4 net acres."--Abstract.
When it comes to implementing successful ecological restoration projects, the social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions are often as important as-and sometimes more important than-technical or biophysical knowledge. Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration takes an interdisciplinary look at the myriad human aspects of ecological restoration. In twenty-six chapters written by experts from around the world, it provides practical and theoretical information, analysis, models, and guidelines for optimizing human involvement in restoration projects. Six categories of social activities are examined: collaboration between land manager and stakeholders ecological economics volunteerism and community-based restoration environmental education ecocultural and artistic practices policy and politics For each category, the book offers an introductory theoretical chapter followed by multiple case studies, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of the category and provides a perspective from within a unique social/political/cultural setting. Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration delves into the often-neglected aspects of ecological restoration that ultimately make the difference between projects that are successfully executed and maintained with the support of informed, engaged citizens, and those that are unable to advance past the conceptual stage due to misunderstandings or apathy. The lessons contained will be valuable to restoration veterans and greenhorns alike, scholars and students in a range of fields, and individuals who care about restoring their local lands and waters.
