NC State University Stream Restoration Program
Campus Box 7625
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919-515-6780
www.ncsu.edu/srp/

Highlighted Sessions

Monitoring Restoration Projects

  • Water quality
  • Vegetation
  • Volunteer Groups
  • Floodplain Habitat
  • Aquatic Habitat
  • Physical – Morphology

Assessment

  • Functional Assessment of Streams
  • Intermittent vs. Perennial Streams
  • Microhabitat/Macroinvertebrate
  • Riparian Areas
  • Stream ecology

Design Considerations

  • Culverts vs. Bridges
  • Vegetation Plan
  • Substrate/Sediment Transport
  • In-stream Structures
  • Design Methodologies
  • Fish passage in culverts
  • Sedimentation and erosion control practices for stream restoration projects (and culverts)

Watershed Scale Projects

  • TMDLs – Monitoring, Implementation, Evaluation
  • Land Conservancies and their role in Restoration
  • Easements
  • Water Quality
  • Landowner Concerns

Urban Project Issues

  • Best Management Practices (BMPs)
  • Stormwater Concerns
  • Water Quality Habitat (Aquatic and terrestrial)
  • Public Access
  • Urban stream project issues

Regulations

  • Federal vs. State – conflicts
  • Design Review Issues
  • Project Evaluation Concerns
  • Education of Regulators/Agencies
  • State Mitigation Programs

Rural Project Issues

  • BMPs – watering sources, fencing, crossings
  • Ditch and field runoff

Restoration Related Research

  • Aquatic Habitat
  • Riparian Habitat
  • Floodplains and Wetlands
  • Monitoring Methodologies
  • Design Methodologies

Riparian Buffers

  • Sediment reduction
  • Channel Stability
  • Site Conservation Plans
  • Habitat Corridors

Funding Programs

  • Assessment of Completed Projects
  • Adjustments to Programs
  • Lessons Learned
  • Economics of stream restoration

Project Development

  • Funding Options
  • Stakeholder Involvement
  • Site Location
  • Contractor Issues/Perspectives
  • Public Education
  • Landowner Participation
  • Working with landowners to implement stream restoration

Case Studies of Restoration Projects (Completed and undergoing evaluation)

  • Urban Projects
  • Rural Projects
  • Mitigation