| Stream restoration design reports typically provide a list of project objectives but little explicit connection to either stakeholder desires or predicted outcomes. NCED research seeks to transform practice such that project goals are predictive targets quantitatively linked to public preference, regulatory and policy guidelines, and management actions. The other stream restoration research topics are collectively aimed at moving restoration science toward prediction, but prediction alone will not transform stream restoration policy, decision-making, or implementation. This project seeks to develop predictive links between restoration preferences, objectives, and actions.
Research plans
Develop framework for incorporating uncertainty in the evaluation of public preference and multi-criteria decision analyses of stream restoration alternatives
Implement case studies to demonstrate effectiveness of valuation and trade-off analyses
Research in progress
Minnesota Le Sueur River Project
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