On my way to present our research poster on #naturalfloodmanagement #remotesensing #sar #gis #qgis #changedetection at the #theRRC #SARR23 #riverrestoration conference at at Liverpool University

Today I received the (almost) final report ever from the fish count at the Milltown dam on the St Croix River.
In 2013, 16,677 alewife returned to the river to spawn. The next year, fish passage was restored at the Grand Falls Dam upstream.
In 2014, the first live shad in 30 years passed though.
This year 836,755 alewife have returned. Over 500 shad. And construction began this week to remove the Milltown dam. When we get out of the way, nature responds. #RiverRestoration #WildRivers #alewife

@charlesriver

Another story on #fallriver burying their falls. Mentions how #stonybrook used to be a real brook.
https://mindthemoss.substack.com/p/and-suddenly-the-waterfalls-disappeared
#daylighting
#riverrestoration

A new river restoration project in Central Finland! These are really popping up everywhere these days.

#RiverRestoration #FishMigration #Biodiversity https://yle.fi/a/74-20037231?utm_medium=social&utm_source=copy-link-share

OnlineFirst - "The role of hydrosocial heritages produced by hydrosocial territories in understanding environmental conflicts: The case of Sélune dam removals (France)" by Ludovic Drapier, Marie-Anne Germaine, and Laurent Lespez:

#Damremoval #hydrosocialterritory #ecologicalproject #riverrestoration

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486231179293

Rivers have long memories and can recover from past damages if given a chance. A new grant will fund five river restoration projects in Michigan, aiming to improve water quality and habitat. This means rivers can regain their natural functions and benefits, such as flood control, recreation and biodiversity.

#riverrestoration #waterquality #habitat

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/05/rivers-have-long-memories-michigan-gets-5-million-for-restorations.html

It's time for river resurrection! 💧 Let's protect all the amazing species that depend on freshwater ecosystems! #freeflowingrivers #riverrestoration

It's time for #river #resurrection! Let's protect all the amazing species that depend on #freshwater ecosystems.
#freeflowingrivers #riverrestoration

This restoration story lifts my heart. A team of women leading restoration efforts in the Coloarado River delta to reconnect the river to the sea.

Water is life.

Healing the blood vessels of the Earth so life can flow freely.

#restoration #ColoradoRiver #WaterIsLife #RiverRestoration #beavers #wetlands #CaringForTheEarth

https://daughtersforearth.org/projects/restoring-the-colorado-river-delta-with-a-diverse-environmental-team/

Rewilding Danube Delta:

Do you know what our #Rivers should look like naturally? 🤔💦

The great video by #guardian explains the issue and shows how #RiverRestoration is helping to reestablish #Biodiversity and combat some of the effects of the climate crisis 👇

https://youtu.be/zkmJRJaPBXE​

#Rewilding

#beavers #RiverRestoration #RiverEcology https://beaver.restoration.usu.edu/

There's a meeting and discussion in Heinävesi today on the removal of a dam at Palokki to create eight kilometers of the free river for migratory and local trout and salmon! :BlobhajReach: #RiverRestoration #Biodiversity

Hello #Montana!!!

“Montanans are working to alleviate the impact of the region’s climate-fueled drought by building faux beaver dams, and they’re hoping to attract beavers back to the region in the process, Yale Climate Connections reports. European colonizers wiped out local beaver populations. Now, the Big Hole Watershed Committee is building replica beaver dams to slow runoff-fed streams and hold moisture in the soil.”

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/01/24/beaver-dams-could-help-alleviate-drought/

#beavers #watersheds #ecosystems #BDAs #riverrestoration

A dam removal project in a nearby town of Savonranta created access for #trout migration and a pleasant park for folks to enjoy.

#RiverRestoration #FreeTheRivers #Biodiversity :BlobhajTinyHeart:

Sure enough, the workshop presenters include some Very Big Names in the #beaverrestoration field, including Joe Wheaton, Ellen Wohl, and two other people who haven’t sent their headshots in yet! 😹
#beavers #riverrestoration #watersheds #processbasedriverrestoration #climate

Shortcuts:
2: #KigaliAmendment on #HFCs
3: #rewilding of Europe
4: #MalariaVaccine
5: #Lyme #vaccine
8: EU USB #eWaste
9: US #EV tipping point
10: #methaneLeaks
13: #HIVvaccine
15: #EVbattery swap #escooters
16: #ethereum energy saving
18: #riverRestoration
20: solving #PFAs

"'For many conservation projects you do not see the results for a very long time, but with this one, we completed it on a Friday. It rained all weekend and on the Monday when we went to look at the beck, there was just this completely restored river, that curved and meandered and looked like it had been there for ever.'

"Within about three months, the rewards continued as salmon began spawning again in the gravel bed..."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/26/diversity-returns-to-lakeland-stream-after-restoration-puts-its-bends-back

#rewilding
#biodiversity #riverrestoration

Good news from Kuusamo, on the Kuusinki River: an old dam will be removed! #DamRemoval #RiverRestoration #Biodiversity 🐟

”Myllykosken voimalaitos Kuusamossa puretaan. Voimalaitoksen ostoon rahaa kerännyt Kuusinkijoki kuntoon ry sai tarvittavat miljoonat kasaan ja kauppakirja on allekirjoitettu.

Yhdistyksen puheenjohtaja Matti Aikio herkistyi kuultuaan, että yhdistys oli saanut kasaan tarvittavan 3,8 miljoonan euron summan.”

(€) https://www.pohjoisenpolut.fi/matti-aikio-kerasi-kasaan-lahes-4-miljoonaa-euroa-/5177731?utm_campaign=PoPo%20Uutiskirje&utm_source=Pohjoisen%20Polut&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_5764894

https://youtu.be/21YAP8RF_sw #rivers #riverrestoration #water #hydrology #geomorphology #nature

Inviting anyone interested in UK #Rivers, #Flood, #NaturalFloodManagement, #FloodDefences, #RiverRestoration to join me on a stage of this #Walk this summer: to walk & talk, to share expertise & insight. Very keen to meet river/flood professionals & local communities/schools along the route. Spread the word. Dates yet to be confirmed. #Lincolnshire #Nottinghamshire #Leicestershire #Warwickshire #Worcestershire #Gloucestershire. #RiverTrent #RiverWreake #RiverSoar #RiverAvon #RiverSevern