Soft Engineering Training and Demonstration Workshop Resources

Resources listed below.

Stream Corridor Restoration
Principles, Processes, and Practices
Federal Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group

Green County New York Soil and Water Conservation District
Stream Restoration Library

http://www.gcswcd.com/stream/library/

Washington State Department of Transportation
Soil Bioengineering Home

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/design/roadside/sb.htm

Southeast Michigan Resource Conservation & Development Council
Lake and Stream Corridor Owners' Guide for Riparian Buffer Establishment

http://semircd.org/buffers/guide/intro.php

Nativescape LLC
Native Ecosystem Restoration: Prairie, Savanna, Woodland & Wetland

http://www.nativescape.net/nativescapecgi/index.pl?fs=0&init=1

Salix Applied Earthcare

This manual contains 44 different channel and bank protection techniques

http://www.e-senss.com/

Best Management Practices for Soft Engineering of Shorelines
This manual highlights 14 case studies from across North America. From cost analysis to implementation, this manual should help you plan your next shoreline project.

Soft Engineering Locations

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Nativescape, LLC Places Compost Material and Stone Inside a Fibersock to Recreate a Natural Shoreline at the Grosse Ile Nature Area (Photo Credit: Larry Caruso, The News Herald) For more information on Nativescape, LLC and native ecosystem restoration see link: www.nativescape.net

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Conservancy Begins Shoreline Rehabilitation Project on Grosse Ile - June 4th, 2003

FUNDING SECURED FOR ADDITIONAL SOFT ENGINEERING ALONG BELLE ISLE'S LAKE MUSCODAY

At a July 18, 2002 meeting of the Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative Steering Committee, the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority announced the completion of the first phase of the Lake Muscoday Soft Engineering Project and the initiation of the second phase. The first phase included training for key Belle Isle staff and other interested technical experts, and implementation of soft engineering techniques along 300 feet of shoreline. See article in link: PDF from "Land and Water" (below article)

The completion of the first phase was celebrated with the placement of and interpretive sign.

Also announced on July 18th was funding for the second phase of shoreline habitat work along Lake Muscoday. Funding was announced from the following organizations: Great Lakes Commission's Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Program ($25,000); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($10,000); Michigan Garden Club ($5,000); and Michigan Sea Grant ($2,500).

The second phase will be a two-day hands on training session that will demonstrate soft engineering along another 300 feet of Lake Muscoday shoreline. For more information on the second phase of the soft engineering project, contact John Kerr at the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority (313-331-3842) of Mark Breederland at Michigan Sea Grant (810-989-6323).

Volume 45, Number 6 November/December 2001
Citation: Hartig, J.H., J.K. Kerr, and M. Breederland. 2001. Promoting soft engineering along Detroit River shorelines.
Land and Water-The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration. 45 (6): 24-27.

Soft Engineering Work on Belle Isle's Lake Muscoday Profiled in the November/December 2001 Issue of Land and Water: The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration.