Stream Health Workgroup Projects

The Stream Health Workgroup is exploring additional stream corridor metrics to allow analysis at a whole watershed-scale, a more rapid reporting timeframe and the ability to attribute causes of biological impairment to inform management interventions.

This project advanced efforts to understand drivers of stream health and to develop non-biological metrics for characterizing stream health's response to management practices.

This study explored how best management practices designed to reduce nutrient and sediment loads can also address key stressors on stream health.

Examining key stressors behind biological impairment in Chesapeake Bay streams through research and regulatory insights.

This review of existing research examines the resilience of stream restoration practices in a changing climate.

This survey was designed to track progress and identify issues related to permitting stream restoration projects.

This project provided recommendations for the water quality impairments associated with a TMDL that will achieve co-benefits as a result of addressing other stressors through restoration practice implementation.

This project produced recommendations to develop multi-metric stream health indicators for hydraulics and geomorphology.