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The urban stream restoration movement is one of the most significant grass roots movements taking place in the country. In California, community organizations are doing what local, state and federal governments refused to do for so long - restore long neglected and abused urban streams. Prime examples of streams being restored are the Guadalupe River in San Jose, the San Lorenzo River in San Jose, Adobe Creek in Petaluma and Dry Creek in Roseville and Sacramento. Now there is a video that covers this topic so more groups can be encouraged to do stream restoration. "A Video Tour of Ecological Restoration Techniques,"with Ann Riley, is a 61 minute video tour of six urban stream restoration sites. Background information on how the projects were funded and organized with community involvement and the history and principles of restoration is explained. The video is full of beautiful examples of restored streams with detailed instructions and graphic illustrations. It Includes examples of stream restoration in very urbanized areas, recreating stream shapes and meanders, creek daylighting, soil bioengineering, and ecological flood control projects. The tour is led by Ann Riley, a nationally known hydrologist, stream restoration professional and executive director of the Waterways Restoration Institute in Berkeley, California. This tape will be indispensable to engineers, landscape architects, biologists, water managers, community groups and decision makers - anyone interested in ecological urban stream and neighborhood restoration. |
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"I have a copy and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in stream restoration. Ann did her Ph.D. work under Luna Leopold and she knows her stuff," said Russell C. Dutnell, P.E., Environmental Engineer Water Quality Programs, Oklahoma Conservation Commission. "It's a great piece of work," echoed William P. White, Illinois Department of Natural Resources. "Marvelously produced. I particularly found the application of fluvial geomorphology (designing with bankful/dominant ischarge in mind) to be clear, succinct and meaningful in doing design and bioengineering construction." Anglers and those interested in restoring urban streams are encouraged to see the video and tell me what you think about it. This video is a good first step towards educating people about the stream restoration movement. However, I think a full length documentary that approaches the stream restoration movement from the community organizing perspective and overall political perspective - and puts it in the contest of other social and political movements, rather than the technical, scientific aspects - is needed. For more information, call Marty Roberts of Nolte Media, Delivering You To The World (707) 579-3902; fax (707) 544-0499 http://www.noltemedia.com. To Order: http://www.urbanstreamrestoration.com. |
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