Adaptive Restoration

We are advancing watershed science through applied restoration. Our key research question is how does a stage zero site increase geomorphic complexity, ecological resilience, and attenuation of fluxes? We are partnering with professors and students at University of Colorado Boulder to answer this research question by quantifying comparing ecological and geomorphic complexity at a stage zero and traditional restoration site.

As part of this project we are working with Colorado Parks and Wildlife to introduce native fish, including Northern Redbelly Dace, Plains Topminnow, and Common Shiner to newly restored habitats and are monitoring populations over time.