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Jeanne McSherry's avatar

Rivers do need to be treated as ‘the dynamic entities that they are’ - this is so true. Rivers are the arteries and veins of the Earth - they are absolutely sacred

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The Snorkel's avatar

Just found your feed. I particularly like this thought: "A shift in the focus of river ecosystem management from restoration of historical conditions to resilience of ecosystems under future change is needed. What we have experienced in the past may no longer exist in the future." I always pushed back on the ideas of"restoration" (I'm a retired ecologist/consultant - Portland, Oregon). Restore to what condition? I was once asked to lead a tour of the natural history of our urban river (Wiamette R); I declined, but instead lead a tour of the un-natural history of the river; the only"natural" things about it are it contains water that flows downhill. The chemistry, physics and biology are highly altered from a natural state. This is a hard sell, especially in the environmental and resource agency communities.

Thanks for your thoughts. Paul

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