Conservation-related references, reading material, local resources

rev: 20241219 LL

  1. Better Trout Habitat, a guide to stream restoration and management.  Christopher J. Hunter, Montana Land Reliance, 1991 Link or Link(Amazon)

  2. Fisheries - Habitat Improvement.  Habitat Improvement: Large Woody Debris (LWD) Stream Restoration Projects, USDA Forest Service Link

  3. Wood is good: the importance of woody debris in streams, Deschutes Land Trust Link

  4. Penfield’s Allen Creek Stabilization Project Link 

  5. RESILIENT NEW YORK FLOOD MITIGATION INITIATIVE,IRONDEQUOIT CREEK, NEW YORK   Link

  6. Seth Green chapter seeking to restore a paradise lost (Oatka creek)   Link

  7. Water Resources of Monroe County, New York, Water Years 1997-99, with Emphasis on Water Quality in the Irondequoit Creek Basin Link

  8. Habitat Improvement FOR TROUT STREAMS Karl J. Lutz, for PA Fish and Boat commission Link

  9. “Stream Obstruction Removal Guidelines”, USFW/AFS Link

  10. Culvert design zoom presentation (Link) 20240327

  11. Use of Large Woody Debris, Chalkstream habitat manual, Wild Trout Trust  Link

  12. A Discussion of the Ecological Impacts of Trout Stocking and a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Stocking Trout in Pennsylvania Class A Wild Trout Streams      Link

  13. The Cost of Trout Fishing, Douglas Thomson, NYT  Link

  14. Benefits of Large Woody Debris in Streams , Penn State Ext.  Link

  15. Perceptions of wood in rivers and challenges for stream restoration in the United States  Link

  16. Large Woody Debris Fact Sheet CT DEP Link

  17. Natural flood management Guidance: Woody dams, deflectors and diverters Link

  18. LARGE WOODY DEBRIS IN URBAN STREAM CHANNELS: REDEFINING THE PROBLEM Link

  19. CCBWA (Cross Canal Brook Watershed Alliance)   (from Correspondence with Joanne Heckman)

  20. Friends of Irondequoit Creek (Facebook group)

  21. STREAM PROCESSES: A Guide to Living in Harmony with Streams Chemung County Soil and Water Conservation District

  22. VERMONT STRATEGIC WOOD ADDITION HANDBOOK Link 

  23. My Healthy Stream (TU) Link

  24. Protection of Waters Program , DEC Article 15 Link

  25. Wohl E, Scamardo JE. The resilience of logjams to floods. Hydrological Processes. 2020;1–15.

  26. How wood in rivers affects flood risk

  27. An unlisted webinar on Urban Geomorphology Thanks to Joanne Heckman

  28. Effects of Land-Use Changes and Stormflow-Detention Basins on Flooding and Nonpoint-Source Pollution, in Irondequoit Creek Basin, Monroe and Ontario Counties, New York—Application of a Precipitation-Runoff Model, and others from the stormwater coalition of Moroe County (thanks Scot)