by Thomas Benjamin Ecosystem restoration is often driven by a regulatory requirement, which makes the voluntary improvement of a 30-acre section of urban oasis including forest, meadow, and shoreline quite…
Restoration
Chestnut Creek Restoration Project
The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES™) The Chestnut Creek Restoration project is a small stream-side renovation project that sits behind the central parking area of the Town Hall in Neversink, New…
The Eel River Headwaters Restoration Project
by Penny Lewis Across the country, collaborative restoration efforts are underway to restore wetlands, meadows, and other critical habitat. One such project is the Eel River Headwaters Restoration Project in…
ClearWater Conservancy: Restoration in Practice
By Jennifer Chesworth In Central Pennsylvania, a local grassroots organization has made restoration the centerpiece of watershed protection. The ridges, valleys, farms and forests of Centre County, Pennsylvania share a…
Rock Meadow Restoration Project
Early successional natural communities — grasslands, meadows, and shrublands — are an increasingly uncommon cover type in New England and elsewhere in the US.
Memorial Park Beach: Lakeside Park Restoration Project
Interview with Amanda Sloan Introduction Along the north shore of Lake Massapoag, a 350 acre natural lake in Sharon, Massachusetts, the public beach was in need of restoration. “A labor…
