To what extent has invasive riparian vegetation (IRV) treatment reversed channel narrowing and reduced dynamism trends? Paired treated and untreated reaches at 15 sites along 13 rivers were compared before and after treatment using repeat aerial imagery to assess long-term (~10 year) channel change due to treatment on a regional scale across the Southwest U.S. Wieting et al. found that IRV treatment significantly increased channel width and floodplain destruction.

Vegetation response to invasive Tamarix control in southwestern U.S. rivers: a collaborative study including 416 sites

Gonzalez et al. 2017

  Author(s): R. Roy Johnson; Steven W. Carothers; Deborah M. Finch; Kenneth J. Kingsley; John T. Stanley   Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian ecology developed steadily. Papers in this volume range from the more mesic northwestern United States to the arid Southwest and Mexico.
    Channel Morphologic Changes Associated with Invasive Vegetation Removal   Celeste Wieting1*, Sara Rathburn2, Lindsay Reynolds3, Jonathan Friedman4, Derek Schook5   1,2Colorado State University, Fort
      Riparian Vegetation Response to High-Magnitude Dam Releases on the Dolores River, SW Colorado   Cynthia Dott1*, Julie Knudson2*   1 Department of Biology, Fort Lewis College, Durango CO USA; dott_c@fortlewis.edu   2 Purgatoire Watershed Partnership, Trinidad CO US; jknuds
      Assessment of Geomorphic Impacts of Vegetation Removal on the Colorado River in the Grand Valley, Colorado   Gigi Richard1* 1Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, USA; garichard@fortlewis.edu     Recent and expanding efforts to remove tamarisk and Russian olive (TRO) from riparian zones may contribute to incr
      A 184-Year Record of River Meander Migration from Tree Rings, Aerial Imagery, and Cross-Sections on The Powder River, Montana   Derek M. Schook*1, Sara L. Rathburn2, Jonathan M.
    Floodplain Plant Community and Stream Channel Response More than Ten Years Following Tamarisk and Russian Olive Removal in Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona   Lindsay Reynolds1*, Kristin Jaeger2, Keith Lyons3, Celeste Weiting7, Julianne Scamardo8, David Cooper4, Ellen Wohl5, and Sara Rathburn6   1Colorado State Universit
    Designing for Ecological Disturbance in River Restoration to Promote Native Species Regeneration: A Look at the River Bluffs Project on the Poudre River   Johannes Beeby1*, Travis Stroth1, and Sharon Bywater-Reyes2      1Stillwater Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA; jbeeby@stillwatersci.com,