Catskill Streams: Instream

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Stream Stewardship: Instream

The purpose of this page is to discuss common practices that people undertake in streams and their effects on the stream system. Please view our Principles of Stream Stewardship to read about the concepts we recommend keeping in mind prior to undertaking a stream project. Additionally, you will also find alternative stream restoration solutions to traditional bank hardening techniques, contact information for assistance and brief information about what people can and can’t do in Catskill streams.

Learn how these activities affect streams

Click on the photos below to learn more about how certain stream management activities affect stream processes and functions:

Often have negative results on stream if used without great caution. – Limit use to critical areas
Can have positive results on stream if used with some caution.
Often have positive results on stream if applied correctly (can have negative results if used without caution)

Links and Resources

Click on the links below for more information:

>	Cornell Local Roads Program
>	EM River Video Clips Emriver armored meanders Straightened channel evolving to meandering channel
>	Landowner’s Guide to Managing Streams in the Eastern United States by Virginia Cooperative Extension
>	NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: Protection of Waters: Disturbance of The Bed or Banks of a Protected Stream or Other Watercourse
>	State of Ohio Division of Water, Stream Management Guides
>	Stream Corridor Restoration by the Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group
>	US Army Corps of Engineers – Environmental Laboratory This website includes several references to ecosystem management and restoration and stream restoration.
>	Vermont Agency for Natural Resources: River Corridor Protection & Restoration
>	Cornell Restoration Guidance
>	Fluvial Geomorphology Annotated Bibliography
>	River Gravel Excavation
>	North Carolina Stream Restoration Program
>	USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station - Stream Channel Reference Sites (4 MB)
>	Catskill Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curves
>	Bankfull Discharge and Channel Characteristics for Streams in NYS, 2009
>	Maintaining Wood in Streams: A Vital Action for Fish Conservation by the University of California (1.6 MB)
>	Stream Crossing Information
>	National Conservation Practice Standards, NRCS
>	Natural Resources Conservation Service - Part 654 Stream Restoration Design National Engineering Handbook, Rosgen Geomorphic Channel Design
>	Didymo Alert - Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata), also known as "rock snot," is a non-native invasive microscopic algae that can produce large amounts of stalk material to form thick brown mats on stream bottoms