Sunday, January 20, 2008

Research news: Are River Restoration Efforts Misguided?

The News:
Study: Are River Restoration Efforts Misguided?
by John Nielsen
All Things Considered, January 19, 2008 · Billions of dollars have been spent in the United States on river restoration projects.
In many cases, the goal of these projects is a so-called "natural" river that curves broadly back and forth across a landscape.
But if a new paper in the journal Science is correct, there's not much that's natural about some of the curving rivers used as models for this restoration work. more...

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Science.

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