How beavers impact ecosystems above and below ground

As ecosystem engineers, beavers build resilience into the landscape. Above ground, we can see changes wrought by beaver ponds ...
KIVI-TV

Boise Valley Fly Fishers attempt to improve fish habitat in the Owyhee River

The Boise Valley Fly Fishers are doing a gravel augmentation project in the Lower Owyhee River in Oregon to improve the ...
JSTOR Daily

MEDIUM-TERM FLUVIAL ISLAND EVOLUTION IN A DISTURBED GRAVEL-BED RIVER (PIAVE RIVER, NORTHEASTERN ITALIAN ALPS)

River islands are defined as discrete areas of woodland vegetation surrounded by either water-filled channels or exposed gravel. They exhibit some stability and are not submerged during bank-full ...
The Portland Mercury

Oregon DEQ Wants New Requirements for Ross Island Sand & Gravel’s Willamette River Cleanup

For 75 years, Ross Island Sand & Gravel mined the bottom of the Willamette River, significantly altered the habitat of the river near Ross Island. The company ceased mining there in 2001, but the ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Judge blocks resumption of gravel mining along Russian River

An attempt by Syar Industries to temporarily resume gravel mining along Russian River terraces has been blocked by a Sonoma County Superior Court judge?s ruling that county supervisors exceeded their ...
The Columbian

Columbia River Gorge gravel mine east of Washougal is denied

A Clark County hearings examiner has denied an application for development permits for a controversial gravel mine in the Columbia River Gorge east of Washougal. In his 72-page ruling, Hearings ...