Process geomorphology and stream restoration

I seek to apply geomorphic process knowledge to stream restoration practice while recognizing the societal context in which restoration occurs. I have contributed to recent synthesis papers about stream restoration, including sediment regimes and stream restoration (Wohl et al., 2015 Bioscience), linking restoration science and practice (Wohl et al., 2015 Water Resources Research, 50th-anniversary issue), and various dam-removal synthesis papers as part of my work with the Powell Center dam-removal science group.

Restoration science and geomorphology-geochemistry linkages in mining-impaired streams

Restoration of mining-impaired streams in the Northern Rockies presents opportunities for developing new insights into relationships between channel form, geomorphic processes, and water and sediment quality. My research group has engaged in contributing to two restoration projects in Montana that confront these issues. On Mattie V Creek, we collaborated with consultants to provide channel alignment and design recommendations to Trout Unlimited as part of broader efforts to restore habitat for native bull trout and west slope cutthroat trout. In the Mike Horse Mine area, in the upper Blackfoot River basin, we are investigating metals in water, sediment, invertebrates, and fish and their relationship to sediment transport and channel morphology (with Heiko Langner and Lisa Eby, U. Montana).