Quantifying process-based mitigation strategies in historical context: separating multiple cumulative effects on river meander migration.

Environmental legislation in the US (i.e. NEPA) requires defining baseline conditions on current rather than historical ecosystem conditions.

Assessing societal impacts when planning restoration of large alluvial rivers: a case study of the Sacramento River project, California.

Studies have shown that ecological restoration projects are more likely to gain public support if they simultaneously increase important human services that natural resources provide to people. River restoration projects have the potential to influence many of the societal functions (e.g.

Assessing the effects of alternative setback channel constraint scenarios employing a river meander migration model.

River channel migration and cutoff events within large river riparian corridors create heterogeneous and biologically diverse landscapes. However, channel stabilization (riprap and levees) impede the formation and maintenance of riparian areas. These impacts can be mitigated by setting channel constraints away from the channel.

Modeling channel management impacts on river migration: a case study of Woodson bridge state recreation area, Sacramento river, California, USA.

Understanding how hydraulic factors control alluvial river meander migration can help resource managers evaluate the long-term effects of floodplain management and bank stabilization measures. Using a numerical model based on the mechanics of flow and sediment transport in curved river channels, we predict 50 years of channel migration and suggest the planning and ecological implications of that migration for a 6.4-km reach (river miles 218-222) of the Sacramento River near the Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area, California, USA.