United States

Our results were published in the following paper

E. S. Bernhardt, M.A. Palmer, J.D.Allan, G.Alexander, K. Barnas, S. Brooks, J. Carr, S. Clayton, C. Dahm, J. Follstad-Shah, D. Galat, S. Gloss, P. Goodwin, D. Hart, B. Hassett, R. Jenkinson, S.Katz, G.M.Kondolf, P. S. Lake, R. Lave, J. L.Meyer, T.K. O’Donnell, L. Pagano, B. Powell, E. Sudduth. 2005. Synthesizing US River Restoration Efforts. Science 308: 636-637 (follow 636 link from this page)

Number of Projects: 37197

Percent Reporting Monitoring: 10.00%

Total Cost: $2.0 billion (82% reporting cost)

Average Cost: $380,000

Project Goals: (Number of projects in bars, cost in lines)

Major Data Sources

Type

Number of Sources

Average Number of Records from Source

database

73

450

report

86

11

webpage

79

4

peer reviewed publication

7

1

book

9

4

conference proceedings

8

5

personal communication

252

6

List of National Coverage Databases

  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 5 Star Restoration Challenge grants
  • EPA Grant Reporting and Tracking System (GRTS) for 319 programs
  • EPA River Corridor and Wetland Restoration
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Community Based Restoration and Disaster Assistance Restoration Programs
  • Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Transportation Enhancement Program
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) FWS Habitat Information Tracking System
  • FWS National Fish Passage Program
  • FWS Division of Bird and Habitat Conservation; Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) 1135
  • ACOE Aquatic Environmental Projects by the Institute for Water Resources
  • ACOE Water Resources Development Act projects
  • Reviews of Non-Corps Restoration Projects (n=2)
  • National Park Service (NPS) Project Management Information System
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Success Stories
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Abandoned Mine Land Program, Cleanwater.gov (federal interagency group) Watershed Success Stories
  • Coastal America (federal interagency group) Regional Conservation Projects
  • Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group

For more information about NRRSS work in the US, contact:

Emily Bernhardt
Department of Biology Box 90338
Duke University
Durham , NC 27708
©2005 National River Restoration Science Synthesis