Defining a Stream Restoration Body of Knowledge as a Basis for National Certification
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 2
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support, guidance, technical assistance, and thoughtful and critical review of this manuscript by the members of the ASCE Stream Restoration Educational Materials Task Committee, the ASCE River Restoration Committee, various discipline experts (Julie Ash, Brian Bledsoe, Garey Fox, Will Harman, Leslie Hopkinson, Rollin Hotchkiss, Greg Jennings, Peggy Johnson, Greg Koonce, Jim MacBroom, Christine Pomeroy, Jack Schmidt, Peter Sheydayi, Colin Thorne, Desiree Tullos, and Vaughan Voller), and the ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Editor and one anonymous reviewer. The thorough and insightful comments received during the review led to the significant improvement of this article.
The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 140 • Issue 2 • February 2014
Pages: 123 - 136
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Received: Apr 1, 2013
Accepted: Jul 29, 2013
Published online: Jan 15, 2014
Published in print: Feb 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Jun 15, 2014
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