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ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR PROTECTING AND ENHANCING AQUATIC RESOURCES
Citation:
U.S. EPA, P. M. MAYER, D. G. JEWETT, J. R. WILLIAMS, D. S. BURDEN, S. M. HOLUB, BART FAULKNER, E. DOHENY, P. M. GROFFMANN, D. OUTEN, J. C. CHAMBERS, AND J. R. MILLER. ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR PROTECTING AND ENHANCING AQUATIC RESOURCES. Presented at BOSC Panel Independent Peer Review, Research Triangle Park, NC, March 07 - 09, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
This poster describes research that addresses the question: Which management practices are most successful for protection and restoration of ecological resources? The Ecosystem Restoration Research Program of EPA/ORD is designed to conduct basic and applied field research to evaluate the effectiveness of restoration and management practices for achieving desired environmental conditions that protect and enhance ecosystem services for society. This Program focuses on research designed to evaluate and manage chemical, physical and biological conditions in watersheds to achieve sustainable ecosystems that support desired environmental functions. The long-term goal of the restoration program is to ensure that watershed managers have state-of-the-science, field-evaluated tools, technical guidance, and decision-support systems for selecting, implementing, and evaluating cost-effective and environmentally-sound approaches to restore ecosystem services as part of watershed management strategies. The poster describes how the research results can be used by EPA (OW and Regional Offices) and States, local governments and other groups to restore ecosystem services. The poster covers the major areas of the program's research focus primarily riparian restoration, describing how the research program was established, its principal research activities, and technical results and key products. Areas of research highlighted in the poster include: hydrologic, geomorphic and vegetation factors influencing the choice of options for the maintenance and restoration of riparian corridors within upland meadows in the NV Great Basin; the influence of shallow subsurface stratigraphy on nitrogen concentrations in ground water discharging to streams in a Maryland watershed; and how in-stream restoration of an urban Maryland stream can enhance removal of bioreactive nitrogen. The poster also describes how the program is being implemented through in-house research linked to collaborative efforts with other government agencies, state agencies, academic communities and non-government organizations (NGOs).