An emerging approach to stream restoration is to use structures such as woody debris jams, riparian vegetation, or beaver dams to kickstart the processes that allow a stream heal itself over time. This is “process-based restoration.”
I work with agencies and non-profits to restore degraded streams and research outcomes.
Publications & Reports
Weatherby N., and N.G. Clancy. In review. The Muddy Creek design for beaver dam analogs: a method for highly erodible streams. Submitted to Restoration Ecology.
Clancy, N.G., N. Weatherby, E. Rieger, and A.W. Walters. In review. Beaver dams benefit native prairie fishes through proportional increases to functional groups. Submitted to Freshwater Science.
Wolf, J.M., N.G. Clancy, and L.R. Rosenthal. 2024. Bull Trout passage at beaver dams in Bitterroot and Flathead River tributaries, Montana. Northwest Science.
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