We hear a lot about the benefits of beavers in stream restoration, but Colorado's riparian systems are complex and there are many different tools in the restoration toolbox.

Join this FREE webinar on September 12 at noon to learn more about process-based restoration (PBR) and to explore on-the-ground projects that represent opposite ends of the PBR spectrum, from "low tech" to "high tech," and why these different approaches are appropriate in different scenarios. 

Water Education Colorado (WEco) is joining Coalitions & Collaboratives (COCO) & Colorado Riparian Association (CRA) to co-host this webinar, which is the second Colorado Stream Restoration Network (CSRN) Riparian Book Club meeting.

This webinar will build from the first Riparian Book Club on pivotal scientific papers on PBR to present the process-based restoration umbrella graphic included in the Summer 2023 issue of WEco’s Headwaters magazine and share case studies representing both ends of the PBR spectrum.

With speakers:

• Julie Ash, Stillwater Sciences, will walk us through the idea of process-based restoration and introduce the PBR "umbrella

• Hally Strevey, Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed (CPRW) & Colin Barry, Ayres Associates, will overview the customized Low-Tech PBR (LTPBR) program they developed for post-Cameron Peak fire restoration in the Poudre River Watershed

• Eric Richer, Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) & Johannes Beeby, Stillwater Sciences, will overview the Kemp Breeze restoration project on the Colorado River, which required High-Tech PBR (HTPBR) to address profoundly broken hydrologic and sediment transport processes and deliver on project goals

Book Club/Webinar reading materials (always optional!): read WEco’s summer issue of Headwaters magazine "The Healthy Headwaters Issue - Restoring and relying on Colorado's source streams" and check out the PBR Umbrella graphic on page 29 (and below).