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Start Date
4-4-2023 11:00 AM
End Date
4-4-2023 11:09 AM
Abstract
Earlier this year, the Clackamas River Basin Council (CRBC) completed major implementation of the Sieben-Riverbend Confluence restoration effort. While this effort began as a typical fish-habitat enhancement project, it has evolved into something much more impactful. The unique challenges of an urban floodplain, fed by a flashy, highly-impacted stream, have led CRBC to expand the scope of restoration work beyond the construction zone and adopt watershed-scale interventions, with funding and technical assistance from several partners. At the same time, one of the landowners, the Clackamas River Community Co-op mobile home community, has become a deeply engaged partner in the restoration effort. CRBC celebrates the successes and surprises that Sieben-Riverbend Confluence has brought us, and we look forward to long-lasting relationships we are building with this small urban watershed and the communities that call it home.
Subjects
Environmental social sciences, Habitat restoration, Land/watershed management
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Sieben-Riverbend Confluence: A Multifaceted Social-ecological Restoration Effort in an Urban Floodplain
Earlier this year, the Clackamas River Basin Council (CRBC) completed major implementation of the Sieben-Riverbend Confluence restoration effort. While this effort began as a typical fish-habitat enhancement project, it has evolved into something much more impactful. The unique challenges of an urban floodplain, fed by a flashy, highly-impacted stream, have led CRBC to expand the scope of restoration work beyond the construction zone and adopt watershed-scale interventions, with funding and technical assistance from several partners. At the same time, one of the landowners, the Clackamas River Community Co-op mobile home community, has become a deeply engaged partner in the restoration effort. CRBC celebrates the successes and surprises that Sieben-Riverbend Confluence has brought us, and we look forward to long-lasting relationships we are building with this small urban watershed and the communities that call it home.