Open AccessStream restoration in dynamic fluvial systems: Scientific approaches, analyses, and tools
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo140013
Subject(s) - fluvial , stream restoration , field (mathematics) , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental resource management , environmental science , computer science , engineering , geology , streams , structural basin , geomorphology , computer network , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , pure mathematics
In the United States the average annual investment in river restoration programs is approximately $1 billion. Despite this burgeoning industry, the National Water Quality Inventory, which tracks the health of the nation's rivers, has shown no serious improvement in cumulative river health since the early 1990s. In the AGU monograph Stream Restoration in Dynamic Fluvial Systems: Scientific Approaches, Analyses, and Tools , editors Andrew Simon, Sean J. Bennett, and Janine M. Castro pull together the latest evidence‐based understanding of stream restoration practices, with an aim of guiding the further development of the field and helping to right its apparently unsuccessful course. In this interview, Eos talks to Sean J. Bennett, University of Buffalo, about the culture, practice, and promise of restoring rivers.