As wet meadows restoration efforts grow, managers and implementers need to access the top resources. In our Zeedyk One-Stop Shop, we’ve collected those important materials on this page. This includes factsheets, videos and online training modules, technical documents, research publications, planning and permitting examples, stories of success, and spatial data tools. Our resources focus on Zeedyk structures intended to arrest headcuts and small channel incisions, including one rock dams, media lunas, rock rundowns, and Zuni bowls.
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Factsheets, Handouts, and Websites
Using Sticks and Stones to Restore Incised Streams and Meadows (IWJV)
On the Range, Water is Life: Help conserve wet habitats in sagebrush country to benefit working lands and wildlife (Sage Grouse Initiative)
Videos and Online Training
Introduction to Low-Tech Wet Meadow Restoration
Utah Low-Tech Wet Meadow Restoration
Reading the Landscape to Recognize Opportunities
Wet Meadow Restoration Zeedyk Structures (Wyoming Game and Fish Dept.)
Erosion Control (Quivira Coalition)
Technical Documents
Hand-Built Structures for Restoring Degraded Meadows in Sagebrush Rangelands
Mesic Habitat Conservation Planning Guide (Sage Grouse Initiative)
An Introduction to Erosion Control (Quivira Coalition)
Erosion Control Field Guide (Quivira Coalition)
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Using simple structures for flow dispersion in wet meadow restoration
Research
Peer-reviewed research on Zeedyks, their construction, and the context for mesic restoration.
Planning and Permitting
Restoration of Rare or Declining Natural Communities: Zeedyk Structures for Riparian Areas and Wet Meadows (NRCS)
Montana/Dakotas Low-Tech, Process-Based Riverscape Restoration (BLM)
Low-Tech, Process-Based Lotic and Lentic Restoration for Colorado BLM (BLM)
Cedar City Field Office Riparian Restoration and Wetland Enhancement (BLM)
Grand Junction Field Office Zeedyk Structure Use in Gunnison Sage-Grouse Habitat Restoration (BLM)
Riparian and Wet Meadow Restoration: Cottonwood Gulch (BIO-Logic Inc.)
Spatial Tools
Mesic Resources (Sage Grouse Initiative)
Additional spatial data tools that can be used to map mesic areas are in development. To learn more about these tools, or for support with using spatial data to plan and prioritize Zeedyk work, reach out to our Science to Implementation Specialist.
