Summary:
This study examines the effects of using Natural Channel Design (NCD) techniques and Rosgen’s river classification system to mimic the geomorphology of stable references reaches in three streams of the Catskill Mountains, New York from 2000 to 2002. The effects of restoration on the health of fish assemblages were assessed through a before-after, control-impact study to determine net changes in population and community indices at treatment reaches relative to index changes at unaltered reference reaches from 1999 to 2004.
