Prioritization of Watersheds and Restoration Projects

Roni, Philip; Beechie, Timothy J.; Schmutz, Stefan; Muhar, Susanne

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“…; Roni et al. ). Individual projects are often scored using criteria such as area or length of watercourse restored, potential increase in fish, the cost, cost–benefit, cost‐effectiveness (cost per fish), land ownership.…”

Section: Overview Of Assessment Toolsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…(, ) and Roni et al. (). Only MCDA and the Atlas framework function at the level of prioritizing restoration projects throughout watersheds.…”

Section: Overview Of Assessment Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…() and Roni et al. () identified several major types of approaches for prioritizing restoration including: project type and effectiveness, refugia, species or habitat, capacity or life cycle models, cost‐effectiveness or cost–benefit, complex computer models or conservation planning software, or simple scoring systems (multicriteria decision analysis [MCDA]) to complex computer models. The Conservation Success Index developed by Trout Unlimited is an example of a simple MCDA approach to rank watersheds based on restoration and protection potential for different trout species (Williams et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Review of Tools for Identifying, Planning, and Implementing Habitat Restoration for Pacific Salmon and Steelhead

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Anders

Beechie

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N American J Fish Manag

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A key challenge in watershed restoration is identifying the appropriate assessments, data, and analyses needed to identify disrupted natural processes, lost and degraded habitats, and limiting factors to ultimately identify and design successful restoration projects. This has proven particularly challenging for large restoration programs focused on recovery of threatened and endangered salmon and trout where numerous tools, models, and other assessments have been developed to assist with habitat restoration at the watershed, reach, and project scale. Unfortunately, it is often unclear which step in the restoration process these various assessment tools will actually address. To assist with identifying the appropriate assessment tool (e.g., model, data collection, analysis, and survey), we reviewed major categories of watershed restoration assessment tools to determine their goals, inputs, outputs, and their utility in helping plan, prioritize, and implement restoration actions. The major categories of assessment tools reviewed were: (1) life cycle and fish–habitat models, (2) watershed assessment methods and techniques, (3) reach assessments, (4) prioritization tools, and (5) common monitoring methods to identify, prioritize, and plan river and watershed restoration projects. We specifically indicated whether these assessment tools directly or indirectly assisted with the key steps in the restoration process that are required to develop successful restoration plans and projects. These steps involve assessing watershed conditions, identifying limiting habitats and life stages, identifying problems and restoration actions, selecting restoration techniques, prioritizing restoration actions, or designing actual restoration projects. It is important to recognize that no single assessment tool will address all the steps in the restoration process. Selecting appropriate assessment tools requires a clear understanding of the goals of the restoration program and which step in the restoration process will be addressed by a particular tool. We provide recommendations for how restoration practitioners and managers can use our review to help select the appropriate assessment tools needed for their watershed.

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Section: Overview Of Assessment Toolsmentioning

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“…(, ) and Roni et al. (). Only MCDA and the Atlas framework function at the level of prioritizing restoration projects throughout watersheds.…”

Section: Overview Of Assessment Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Overview Of Assessment Toolsmentioning

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Review of Tools for Identifying, Planning, and Implementing Habitat Restoration for Pacific Salmon and Steelhead

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“…Our framework is meant to provide guidance for the development of ProME. It is not the goal of the presented framework to inform the selection of sites to be restored (spatial prioritization 8,25 ), nor to outline the steps needed for implementing successful projects 26,27 nor to define the specific procedure for ME at the project level. 5,21 We outline potential extensions to the proposed framework and conclude with considerations for river restoration management and science.…”

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Goals and principles for programmatic river restoration monitoring and evaluation: collaborative learning across multiple projects

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River restoration is a relatively recent undertaking, with high levels of complexity and uncertainty involved. Many restoration projects have been monitored over the past three decades, however, results have rarely been compared across projects thereby limiting our ability to identify factors that influence restoration outcomes. Programmatic monitoring and evaluation (ProME) that builds on standardized surveys and systematic cross-project comparison allows for collaborative learning, transfer of results across restoration projects and for adaptive management and monitoring. We present a conceptual framework for ProME consisting of four goals and nine principles. First, ProME accounts for complexity, uncertainty, and change in order to contribute to sustainable river management over the long term. Second, ProME promotes collaborative learning and adaptation by standardizing the sampling design for the field surveys at multiple projects and by disseminating findings across stakeholders. Third, ProME verifies to what extent restoration has been achieved, i.e., it must quantify the size and direction of change. Fourth, ProME identifies why the observed effects were present, thereby improving our mechanistic understanding of river functioning. We conclude with potential extensions of the framework (e.g., evaluating cumulative effects of projects within a catchment). Our conceptual framework presents a structured approach toward a more systematic learning and evidence-based action in river restoration, while taking into account the wider picture of environmental change within which river restoration projects will inevitably operate.

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“…A strategic approach to monitoring individual restoration actions should follow the key monitoring steps outlined in Roni et al (2013), including:…”

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Physical habitat monitoring strategy (PHAMS) for reach-scale restoration effectiveness monitoring

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O'Daniel²,

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For more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment-visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747) For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner.Suggested citation: Jones, K.L., O'Daniel, S.J., Beechie, T.J., Zakrajsek, John, and Webster, J.G., 2015, Physical habitat monitoring strategy (PHAMS) for reach-scale restoration effectiveness monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1069, 58 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151069. ISSN 2331ISSN -1258 iii AbstractHabitat restoration efforts by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) have shifted from the site scale (1-10 meters) to the reach scale (100-1,000 meters). This shift was in response to the growing scientific emphasis on process-based restoration and to support the 2007 Accords Agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration. With the increased size of restoration projects, the CTUIR and other agencies are in need of applicable monitoring methods for assessing large-scale changes in river and floodplain habitats following restoration. The goal of the Physical Habitat Monitoring Strategy is to outline methods that are useful for capturing reach-scale changes in surface and groundwater hydrology, geomorphology, hydrologic connectivity, and riparian vegetation at restoration projects. The Physical Habitat Monitoring Strategy aims to avoid duplication with existing regional effectiveness monitoring protocols by identifying complimentary reach-scale metrics and methods that may improve the ability of CTUIR and others to detect instream and riparian changes at large restoration projects.

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Prioritization of Watersheds and Restoration Projects

Cited by 17 publications

References 59 publications

Review of Tools for Identifying, Planning, and Implementing Habitat Restoration for Pacific Salmon and Steelhead

Review of Tools for Identifying, Planning, and Implementing Habitat Restoration for Pacific Salmon and Steelhead

Goals and principles for programmatic river restoration monitoring and evaluation: collaborative learning across multiple projects

Physical habitat monitoring strategy (PHAMS) for reach-scale restoration effectiveness monitoring

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