Seedballs: An opportunity for low-cost, community-based riparian revegetation

John Leary, Restoration and GIS Coordinator, RiversEdge West

This guide, authored by RiversEdge West's, John Leary, explains how to make seedballs and how to plan seedball making and dispersal events. Seedball events are low-cost, engage with and educate community members and support restoration efforts with revegetation.

This report, contracted by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) describes a vegetation-monitoring trip that was conducted on May 9-12, 2022, by John Leary (RiversEdge West) and Wally Macfarlane (Utah State University) from Bonanza Bridge to Asphalt Wash and a subsequent vegetation data analysis. The vegetation-monitoring trip and analysis evaluated the effectiveness of prior non-native vegetation removal efforts and established the baseline condition for planned upcoming treatments.

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.

This document is designed to serve as a Scope of Work for contractors or staff completing invasive plant treatments, as well as a documentation of work completed on a single page. It is a fillable pdf but can also be downloaded blank to fill out in the field, or adapted to individual project needs.

This document is designed to serve as a Scope of Work for contractors or staff completing revegetation (planting and/or seeding) projects, as well as a documentation of work completed on a single page. It is a fillable pdf but can also be downloaded blank to fill out in the field, or adapted to individual project needs.

Stream Hydrology: An introduction for Ecologists (Gordon et al. 2004) - John Wiley & Sons.   Available for purchase here: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Stream+Hydrology%3A+An+Introduction+for+Ecologists%2C+2nd+Edition-p-9780470843581   Since the publication of the first edition (1994) there have been rapid developments in the application of hydrology, geomorphology and ecology to stream management.
Stream Channel Reference Sites: An illustrated guide to field technique (Harrelson et al. 1994) - USDA Forest Service   This document is a guide to establishing permanent reference sites for gathering data about the physical characteristics of streams and rivers. The minimum procedure consists of the following: (1) select a site, (2) map the site and location, (3) measure the channel cross-section, (4) survey a longitudinal profile of the channel, (5) measure streamflow, (6) measure bed material, and (7) permanently file the information with the Vigil network.
      Supervised Classification of Russian Olive in the Animas Valley with NAIP Imagery and Object-Based Image Analysis   Anna Riling1   1University of Denver, Department of Geography and the Environment, Denver, Colorado, annariling@gmail.com     Object-base
      Water Quality and Riparian Ecosystem Monitoring in the Impaired Waters of the Verde River Utilizing Drone Technology   Jessica Stansfield 1*, Adrienne Crawford1*, and Doug Van Gausig2   1Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America; Adrienne.Crawford@gcu.edu