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PLANNERS ' CASEBOOK Figure 4 STREAM RESTORATION TECHNIQUES ,NN� I . P 4 44 �.S Lr Rock Riffle Root Wad Tree Cuttings Regraded And Logs and Seeded is �l.w 13IN -ankfullImlt �It ,r;I%ty i I IN ILL IN ii Streia I N. `. IF It. qI 17 IN LESSONS LENAIRNED 1 Greenway plans may need much superior to the alternative— Adjacent property owners to incorporate stream restora - a drainage ditch or a culvert—that can aupport and benefit from tion projects . Greenway usually results when standard the project . Owners of property planners should not assume engineering solutions are applied along the stream had to endure , that all tributaries are cur- to stream bank erosion . temporarily, the disruptions of rently suitable for use as The behind- the - scenes work the restoration project . How - greenways without restoration . is just as important as the visible ever, all property owners They may need to restore results . Planners do not have to ultimately benefited as a result streams in order to meet the have the "glory " roles . In this of the project through reduced objectives of greenway plans . case , planners played the impor- land loss and flooding and Stream restoration should tant , but much less visible , roles improved property values . It is not be the exclusive purview of applying for grant funds , advisable to inform affected of the engineer. Detailed managing contractors , and residents of the anticipated stream erosion and preserva- coordinating the activities of construction schedules and tion efforts are almost always various agencies . educate them , and the public the domain of the engineer There are many ways to generally, about the benefits of and contractor. In the case of reduce project costs . Grant funds stream restoration . Grant Run , however, the city for stream restoration may be Stream restoration can have arborist took initiative to available from federal or state major public benefits . The advocate use of natural environmental protection public benefits of restoring materials for restoration rather agencies or other sources . Costs Grant Run included improved than concrete . Planners should to complete the Grant Run water quality, greater diversity understand the techniques of restoration project were reduced of aquatic life , a substantial restoring a stream using by using on - site materials where reduction of downstream natural rather than traditional possible , involving adjacent flooding problems , and im - solutions . Aesthetically, a property owners in volunteer proved property values along • naturally stabilized stream is labor efforts , and through other the restored stream . 1 means ,