by Odessa Studos | Sep 16, 2022 | Bioengineering, Featured, Stream Restoration
CASE STUDIES dirttime.tv/ will post blogs of Case Studies regularly. In 2005 the Transportation Research Board and National Academy of Science published NCHRP Report 544 – Environmentally Sensitive Channel and Bank Protection Methods, meant to provide “DOT Highway...
by Odessa Studos | Mar 10, 2022 | Featured
Bluffs Project 2 – Fall 2021 Project Techniques: Vegetated Mechanically Stabilized Earth (VMSE) and Modified Filtrexx Soxx – Living Wall Techniques, Custom-filled Grow Soxx – Redding Greenwaste Compost, native grass seed blend, and mychorrizae added...
by Odessa Studos | Mar 23, 2021 | Featured
John helped a retired couple on the Sacramento River, between Anderson and Redding, realize a dream, a plan to convert 1-ac of their 4-ac Riverfront property, containing all the trees indigenous to Sacramento River Riparian Forest, into a self-sustaining native grass...
by Odessa Studos | Jul 20, 2020 | Archive, Featured
NEW Course – The ABCs of BMP Installation including Canadian Edition and BMP Manual Download is ready! This 0.5 CEU Video Course covers (14) standard, benchmark BMPs, from Soil Preparation/Soil Roughening, to Turf Reinforcement Mats, to Stabilized Construction...
by Odessa Studos | Jun 15, 2020 | Archive, Featured
NEW Course – The ABCs of BMP Installation will be released this week. This 0.5 CEU Video Course covers (14) standard, benchmark BMPs, from Soil Preparation/Soil Roughening, to Turf Reinforcement Mats, to Stabilized Construction Entrance, to Sediment Barriers for...
by Odessa Studos | Apr 20, 2020 | Archive, Featured
The “Big Four” Erosion Control (raindrop) BMPs I often inform my students that an estimated 90% of the erosion in the world is caused by raindrop erosion. You know, the energy from a falling raindrop onto bare soil is like a bomb!! Or actually millions of little bombs...