Linked Reference Material
Textbook
Low-Tech PBR Manual: Wheaton JM, Bennett SN, Bouwes N, Maestas JD, Shahveridan SM. 2019. Low-tech methods of Process Based Restoration of Riverscapes: Design Manual. 1.0. Logan, UT: Utah State Univeristy. https://lowtechpbr.restoration.usu.edu/.
Peer-reviewed Articles
Effectiveness of Low-Tech PBR: Silverman NL, Allred BW, Donnelly JP, Chapman TB, Maestas JD, Wheaton JM, White J, Naugle DE. 2019. Low-tech riparian and wet meadow restoration increases vegetation productivity and resilience across semiarid rangelands. Restor Ecol. 27(2):269–278. doi:10.1111/REC.12869.
Watershed Degradation in the Western U.S.: Whol, E. 2013. Anthropocene (2): Wilderness is dead: Whither critical zone studies and geomorphology in the Anthropocene? https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2013.03.001
Websites
Why Meadows Matter?
https://www.sierrameadows.org/meadows-matter
Beavers & Bovine: eastern OR
https://westernbeavers.org/working-lands-and-beaver/
Land subsidence in the San Juaquin Valley, CA
Films
Groundwater in CA: National Geographic. 2017. Water & Power: A California Heist. Directed by Marina Zenovich
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rent/buy/stream: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6290202/
"Fuels to Flows" campaign, Sonoma Co., CA: Occidental Arts & Ecology Center. 2025. Gully Stuffing: "How To Turn Slash Into Beneficial Biomass"
Sierra -Cascades Mountain Meadow Restoration, Quincy, CA: Plumas Corp. 2009. "Restoring Nature's Reservoirs".
Forestry Mulching, Santa Cruz Mountains, CA: CA State Parks, Santa Cruz District 2023. "Forest Health Initiative Castle Rock: What is a Masticator and Why do We Use Them"
Altered grazing management (1) in Dixie Creek, Elko, NV: Intermountain West Joint Venture 2021. "Creating Miracles in the Desert: Restoring Dixie Creek"
Altered grazing management (2) in Maggie Creek, Elko, NV: Western Folklife Center 2017. "Nurturing Great Riparian Plains - Why We Should be Doing This" (National Cowboy Poetry Gathering 2016).
Altered grazing management (3) at the Humboldt Ranch, northeastern NV: Intermountain West Joint Venture 2022. "Changing a Landscape to a Lifescape: The Humboldt Ranch"

