In Ojai, California, a Long-Term Riparian Vision
What impressed me most about this project to restore the Ojai watershed (Ojai is east of Santa Barbara) was the [...]
Restoration Tidbits for the Weekend
From Louisiana, still dealing with the effects of Katrina and other hurricanes: The South Lafourche Levee District is trying several [...]
Uncovering San Francisco’s Hidden Creeks
San Francisco is planning to upgrade its sewers to the tune of $4 billion. In the process it will restore [...]
Restoration Company: Hui K? Maoli Ola
Hui K? Maoli Ola began as a project of two college students in Hawaii who wanted to plant some native [...]
New York Muck to Restore Jamaica Bay
Turns out New York has more to offer than skyscrapers—specifically, the muck from the bottom of its harbor that is [...]
Restoring Culture Along with the Prairie
As a graduate student at Purdue University, Melinda Adams studied biochar terra preta soils, or "dark earth" soils. Indigenous peoples [...]
The Restoration Economy: What Are the Terms?
Without clear terminology, the eight industries of restorative development [natural: ecosystems, fisheries, farmlands, watersheds; built: brownfields, infrastructure, heritage, disaster/war] will [...]
Urban Gardens Feed People, Bees, and Butterflies
Here's an easy form of restoration for city-dwellers: plant urban gardens to increase the diversity of bees and butterflies. Urban [...]
New Plan for Stinky Water Treatment Plant
The city of Milwaukie, Oregon (not Milwaukee, Wisconsin) has put forth an innovative plan to redesign a stinky water treatment [...]
Restoration Company: Conservation Seeding and Restoration
I found an edifying post about the differences between reclamation and restoration on the blog for an Idaho company specializing [...]
Vetiver Removes Antibiotics from Wastewater
Stories like this one make me shiver in anticipation of all the cool restoration methods to come. A student at [...]
Back to Natives Restoring Southern California Wildlands
Southern California is not usually thought of as a hotbed of eco-restoration. Yet a nonprofit in Irvine, California, has discovered [...]
EPA Likes Restoration by Occidental
Restoration efforts at a decommissioned Occidental Chemical Corporation site in Whitehall, Michigan, have won the approval of the Environmental Protection [...]
Restoration Company: Rana Creek in Carmel, California
Rana Creek is the kind of company that I want to feature on this blog. From the website: Integrating vegetation [...]
Restoration Company? Macy’s
Via Helping Hands, a website that chronicles efforts by residents of Georgia to help others, I learned all about Macy's [...]
Sunken Ship Releases Oil for 50 Years
It took until 2002, but the Coast Guard, with the help of some recreational scuba divers, finally discovered what was [...]
Constructing Wetlands Strategically
Courtesy of Conservation Maven comes news of a constructed wetland in the Netherlands that removes pollutants from a river, helps [...]
Restoration Company? Walt Disney World
I found an interesting (though not objective) post from a member of the Walt Disney World Moms Panel. According to [...]
Art as Rewilding in Scotland
An island is "made" in Loch Crochag where trees can thrive, away from grazers such as deer and sheep.
Peabody Energy a Restoration Company?
It's hard for me to believe, but Peabody Energy has won awards for environmental restoration in my home state, Colorado. [...]
Ruling Affects Everglades Projects, Somehow, Someday
The Miccosukee Indians of Florida have convinced a federal judge to resume work on a reservoir. The impression I got [...]
Cranberry West Coal Mine Site in Pennsylvania To Be Restored
For the next 2 years, Earthmovers Unlimited of Kylertown, Pennsylvania, will be working to restore a former coal mining site [...]
Green Roofs, Bioswales, and Rain Gardens…in Philadelphia
Philadelphia is at the forefront of the green infrastructure movement, primarily because of the 45 inches of rain it gets [...]
Klamath River Dams MAY Come Down…by 2020
It's all a bit murky, but a draft agreement was signed in September 2009 to tear down 4 downs on [...]
More Reasons to Get Rid of Coal
In an earlier post today, I noted that West Coast cities want to wean themselves off coal. "End of Big [...]