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1 PROCEEDINGS OF CONFERENCE 31 February 21-25,2000 Palm Springs, California, USA INTERNATIONAL EROSION CONTROL ASSOCIATION IECA IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXCHANGE OF WORLDWIDE INFORMATION AND IDEAS CONCERNING EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL METHODS OF EROSION CONTROL UB/TIB Hannover

2 LINK YOURSELF TO THE FUTURE TABLE OF CONTENTS TECHNICAL PAPERS EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL FAST-TRACK EROSION PROTECTION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL AT A MOUNTAIN RESORT Stanley M. Miller and Tom Trulock 3 HARMONIZING STONE QUARRY OPERATIONS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Maurice Gayle Cook, David Franklin Lee and Ralph Stout, Jr ORGANIZING NEW METHODS FOR EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION MONITORING AND CONTROL Bruce E. Miller, Lainie R. Levick, Leonard J. Lane and Ron D. Steger 29 POLYMER USE AND TESTING FOR EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL ON CONSTRUCTION SITES: RECENT EXPERIENCE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Scott Tobiason, David Jenkins, Ed Molash and Stacey Rush REPORT ON THE PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE "COSTA DEL SOL HIGHWAY, SECTION: Malaga-Estepona" Javier Martinez de Castilla Colomer 53 RETROFITTING EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROLS LESSONS LEARNT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN NORTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA Michael J. Frankcombe 69 SIMULATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS IN REDUCING SEDIMENT YIELD Bruce E. Allison and Abhijaya Dhaka! 81 iii

3 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE BOTTOM LINE: COMPARING THE END RESULTS OF VARIOUS TRM TESTS Kurt Chirbas, Christopher Thornton, Gilberto Urroz, and Richard Goodrum 93 PRODUCT APPLICATIONS DEMONSTRATION OF RESIDENTIAL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL ALTERNATIVES James E. Scholl 107 OREGON GARDEN UTILIZES COMPOSITE TURF REINFORCEMENT MATTING IN CREATING A UNIQUE WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY RoyJ.Nelsen 117 RESEARCH VEGETABLE FIBER BASED GEOTEXTILES WITH ADJUSTED DURABILITY Richard J. A. Gosselink, Jacinta C. van der Putten, Johannes C. van der Kolk, Jan E. G. van Dam, and Barbara de Klerk-Engels CHANNEL.RESPONSE AND SEDIMENT YIELDS IN BROOKEEN CREEK, CENTRAL TEXAS Ramesh S. Chintala and Peter M. Allen 137 TECHNOLOGY SELECTION FOR EROSION CONTROL VEGETATION AND STRUCTURES Muhammad Sharif and Robert E. Riggins 149 REVEGETATION * LAND IMPRINTING SPECIFICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Robert M. Dixon and Ann B. Can 157 ROADSLOPE REVEGETATION ON THE EL PORTAL ROAD, YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK David McAdoo 171 * Recipient of the 2000 Most Distinguished Technical Paper Award IV

4 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CHARACTERIZATION OF LOW TRAFFIC VOLUME HIGHWAY STORM WATER RUNOFF Christopher L. Hunt and Gayle F. Mitchell 181 STREAMBANK AND CHANNEL STABILIZATION BIOENGINEERING AS A TOOL FOR RESTORING ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY TO THE CARSON RIVER Kevin L. Piper, J. Chris Hoag, Hollis Allen, Gail Durham, and Craig Fischenich 197 BIO-ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF ARTICULATED CONCRETE BLOCK REVETMENT SYSTEMS Gary K. Pettee, Jr. and Richard Bodie 209 EROSION CONTROL WITH SOIL-CEMENT: STREAMBANK AND CHANNELS Randall P. Bass 219 GEOCELL WALL AND CHANNEL PROTECTION FOR US ARMY CORPS FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT Anthony J. DePasquale, Douglas Leatherman, and Randy Thomas. 231 PROPAGATED EROSION CONTROL MAT FOR RIPARIAN AND WETLAND RESTORATION FROM DESIGN THROUGH INSTALLATION Julie Etra, Kym Kelley, Claudia Zachreson, and Dan Greytak REINFORCED TURF VS. HARD ARMOR A CASE HISTORY C. Joel Sprague, Carri A. Carver, and Jacqueline Rikken RESTORATION OF AN INCISED CHANNEL IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA Michael Rotar and KarinBoyd 261 WATER QUALITY RETROFITTING DRAINAGE FACILITIES FOR WATER QUALITY Cindy L. Thrush 275

5 TABLE Of CONTENTS (Continued) WATER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECTS: DOME CREEK, CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Scott Davidson, Steven Scotton, and Doug Dewar 287 NEW CONCEPTS FOR MEADOW RESTORATION IN THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA Donna S. Lindquist and Jim Wilcox 299 POSTER PRESENTATIONS EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL SEDSPEC EROSION PREDICTION SYSTEM Keith Sullivan, Bernie Engel, and Muhammed Sharif 311 USING COCONUT FIBER RECPs TO REHABILITATE TROPICAL FOREST SLOPES IN YAKUSHIMA, JAPAN Fumio Tai and Todd Crvke 315 REGULATIONS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS TRAINING TO PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES ON LARGE LINEAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Tom Filler 321 RESEARCH HERBACEOUS MIMOSA (MIMOSA STRIGILLOSA TORR. AND GRAY), A NEWLY RELEASED RECLAMATION SPECIES F. Melvin Adams and Mingteh Chang 327 SOIL BIOENGINEERING A SUCCESSFUL SOIL BIOENGINEERING INSTALLATION IN THE SUMMER Lanka Santha and Calista R. Santha 339 COIR BIOENGINEERING PRODUCTS INSTALLED IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS Gordon De Silva 343 vi

6 STREAMBANK AND CHANNEL STABILIZATION HURRICANE FORCES TEST DURABILITY OF COMPOSITE TURF REINFORCEMENT MATS FOR USE IN CHANNEL LINING APPLICATIONS Tim Lancaster 349 SKUNK CREEK, BANK STABILIZATION Steve Sullivan 353 STREAM CHANNEL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL AS AN INNOVATIVE PCB REMEDIATION APPROACH Mark O. Gravelding, Edward G. Schaper, and Jason J. Lannie TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS COMPOSITE TURF REINFORCEMENT MATTING: A VALUE ENGINEERING ALTERNATIVE TO RIPRAP LINED CHANNELS Phil Davis 363 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT BAYHURT PROVINCE EROSION CONTROL, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Nihat Gokyigit 369 WATERSHED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES REDUCE COSTS DonDagnan 373 WETLANDS CAROLINA BAYS RESTORATION Donald Imm, Julia Singer, Carl Trettin, and Gary Sick WIND EROSION EVALUATION OF WIND EROSION MODELS FOR USE ON MILITARY TRAINING LANDS Richard G. Nelson, Alan B. Anderson, and Edward L. Skidmore SOIL QUALITY AS INFLUENCED BY WIND EROSION Edward L. Skidmore, Xuewen Huang, a n d John Tatarko vii

7 REFERENCES AUTHOR INDEX 395 PROCEEDINGS REVIEW COMMITTEE IECA DIRECTORS 399 IECA ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 405 VIII

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