Join Joe Leonhard, Riparian Restoration Project Manager with The Nature Conservancy, for a talk on low-tech process-based restoration.
When: February 24th from 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Where: Virtual - a link will be sent to you prior to the event
What: Throughout the arid West, rivers and streams support wildlife, provide drinking water to urban and rural communities, and sustain agricultural economies. However, these waterways have been impacted by drought, beaver extirpation, and historical grazing practices. These impacts have resulted in incised streams, simplified floodplains, and the loss of native riparian vegetation.
Through partnership and collaboration, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is advancing low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) and other nature-based solutions to restore these degraded streams. In this presentation, we will cover the principles of LTPBR and share how TNC is working with partners to scale up our impact across the West.
This event is free and open to the public.
About the speaker
Joe Leonhard is the Riparian Restoration Project Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado. Joe works with the BLM, local governments, NGO partners, and private landowners to plan and implement low-tech process-based restoration projects in the White River and Yampa River basins of Northwest Colorado. His work focuses on using nature-based solutions to aid communities that are being impacted by drought and a changing climate. Joe earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Colorado State University and a Master’s of Natural Resource Stewardship degree with a specialization in Ecological Restoration from Colorado State University. He lives in Grand Junction with his wife and their two boys.