Rock Erosion Control Structures
Also commonly referred to as “Zeedyk” structures (Zeedyk & Clothier, 2009), Shawn Connor (Bio-Logic) explains in this Wyoming Game and Fish Department video series how these structures are commonly used in wet-meadow restoration. See also Maestas et al. (2018).
Helpful References
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Zeedyk, B. and Clothier, V., 2009. Let the Water Do the Work: Induced Meandering, an Evolving Method for Restoring Incised Channels. Island Press, Washington D.C., 256 pp
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Kraebel, C.J. and Pillsbury, A.F., 1934. Handbook of Erosion Control in Mouuntain Meadows, U.S. Forest Service, California Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, CA.
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Maestas, J.D., Conner, S., Zeedyk, B., Neely, B., Rondeau, R., N. Seward, Chapman, T., With, L. and Murph., R., 2018. Hand-built structures for restoring degraded meadows in sagebrush rangelands: Examples and lessons learned from the Upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado, USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Range Techncial Note No. 40. Denver, CO.
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White RJ and Brynildson OM. 1967. Guidelines for management of trout stream habitat in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: Madison, WI. 68 pp.
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Swanson S, Wyman S, Evans C. 2015. Practical Grazing Management to Maintain or Restore Riparian Functions and Values on Rangelands. Journal of Range Management 2 : 28 pp.
Recipes
The Quriva Coalition’s Erosion Control Field Guide has recipes for a Rock Mulch Rundown, a Zuni Bowl, One Rock Dam, and Media Luna. We show the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s overview of these recipes below.