STREAM RESTORATION PLANS

The goals of a Restoration and Management Plan are:

• To summarize all important information on the watershed (water quality, history, geography, geology, etc.)
• To prioritize water quality problems in order of impact
• To present options and recommendations for stream restoration
• To provide a framework for future activities

Click HERE to view an electronic version of a recent Restoration and Management Plan developed by Hedin Environmental. (A new window will open.  Simply close it when you are finished reviewing the plan to return to this page.)

It is very important that a watershed have an approved Restoration Plan in place.  Although funding for projects is sometimes approved for watersheds that do not have a plan, nearly all funding agencies prefer that any restoration project is part of a plan.

The general steps involved in creating a Restoration and Management Plan are:

• Complete a Watershed Assessment
• Compile all existing data (including the Watershed Assessment and any historical information)
• Define the Goals and Expectations for the watershed (must include input from all interested groups, agencies, and individuals)
• Prioritize problems and analyze alternatives
• Provide recommendations for continued remediation
• Prepare the final report

The Restoration Plan also includes an estimate of costs for each recommended alternative.

Click HERE to read about one of our restoration plan projects.

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