Riparian Restoration for Rangeland: Combining low-tech processes based restoration (PBR) and grazing management for synergistic outcomes
This workshop will explore the implementation and effects of in-stream structures for riparian restoration, as well as grazing management strategies for improving riparian ecosystem health. Kris Hulvey, founder and lead scientist at Working Lands Conservation, and Reid Whittlesey, restoration director at Rio Grande Return, team up to share tools for revitalizing degraded riparian ecosystems.
In this workshop you will learn:
– What low-tech process based stream restoration (PBR) is and why it is a popular restoration tool
– How low-tech PBR is being used on rangelands for stream restoration
– How grazing timing and duration can alter stream condition
– The potential for low-tech PBR and grazing practices to lead to synergistic restoration
– About projects in NM and across the West that demonstrate potential outcomes using these tools to restore rangeland streams
Questions? Contact Kris Hulvey at kris@workinglandsconservation.org.
Facilitators:
Kris Hulvey: As an ecologist and founder of Working Lands Conservation, my goal is to improve conservation of US wild and working landscapes by finding science-based solutions to management challenges that require collaborative action among stakeholders. I have over 20 years of experience in ecosystem management, restoration, and the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human well-being. I have worked in California grasslands, Australian working lands, the US Channel Islands, Alaska, and the US Intermountain West. For all of this work, I draw on ecological theory to inform field experiments and guide data syntheses, and draw on interdisciplinary experience to develop partnerships with landowners, managers, and other stakeholders leading to novel management outcomes.
Reid Whittsesey: Reid is the Restoration Program Manager at Rio Grande Return. Founded in 2007, Rio Grande Return has been advocating for the protection of the unique waters, wetlands, and wildlife of the Southwest. Additionally, we have been involved in the development and management of many on-the-ground projects resulting in the protection and restoration of thousands of acres of wetlands throughout New Mexico. Reid graduated from Humboldt State University with a B.S. in Environmental Science and Ecological Restoration. He has successfully managed the implementation of over 40 federal, state, and private water quality, riparian ecosystem, wildlife habitat, and watershed improvement projects and has been working in the field of restoration since 2009. He enjoys rock climbing, skiing, botanizing, and trying to reduce the erosion rates on his property north of Santa Fe.