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The recent listing of Pacific salmon under the Endangered Species Act has led to substantial interest in the scientific basis for river restoration in the Pacific Northwest. Millions of dollars in state and federal funding have been programmed for habitat restoration efforts to stem the decline of salmon populations in the region. This volume addresses the need for a solid understanding of fluvial processes and aquatic ecology in order to predict both river and salmonid response to restoration projects. In the Pacific Northwest, as in most regions of the United States, we are still learning about the processes that create habitat and river structure, how those processes influence aquatic ecosystems, and how to gauge the response of river systems to both land-use changes and restoration efforts. River systems are still responding to historic changes, and degraded habitat may not be restored successfully if natural conditions are not well understood, particularly if massive changes in watershed hydrology or other processes are the root cause. These issues faced in the development of regional river restoration programs are by no means unique to the Northwest, and so the initiation of a regional program of river restoration provides an opportunity to evaluate the state of river restoration in general. The eighteen chapters of Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers--presented by the region's experts at a symposium of the Society for Ecological Restoration--examine geological and geomorphological controls on river and stream characteristics and dynamics, biological aspects of river systems in the region, and the application of fluvial geomorphology, civil engineering, riparian ecology, and aquatic ecology in efforts to restore Puget Sound Rivers. This volume will be of interest to geomorphologists, aquatic biologists, civil engineers, planners, and all those interested in the interface of science and policy in addressing one of the fundamental environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.

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Puget Sound Rivers and Salmon Recovery The Geology of Puget Lowland Rivers Fluvial Processes in Puget Sound Rivers and the Pacific Northwest Reconstructing the Historical Riverine Landscape of the Puget Lowland Anthropogenic Alterations to the Biogeography of Puget Sound Salmon Scientific, Institutional, and Individual Constraints on Restoring Puget Sound Rivers The Politics of Salmon Recovery in Lake Washington Role of Watershed Assessments in Recovery Planning for Salmon Putting Monitoring First: Designing Accountable Ecosystem Restoration and Management Plans Restoring Floodplain Forests Opportunities and Constraints for Urban Stream Rehablitiation Monitoring and Evaluating Fish Response to Instream Restoration Establishing a Standard of Practice for Natural Channel Design Using Design Criteria Reference Conditions for Instream Wood in Western Washington Stream Enhancement Projects: A King County Perspective Use of Long-Line Cabled Logs for Stream Bank Rehabilitation Integrating Engineered Log Jam Technology into River Rehabilitation Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers: Do We Know How to Do It? Contributors Index

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