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What It Means to Be Environmentally Sensitive There is an ever-growing number of streambank stabilization practices, and many were considered for inclusion in this report and CD. Most were not included because they offered little in the way of environmental benefit beyond simply reducing bank erosion or channel incision.
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The literature review includes an evaluation of multiple information sources: books, conference proceedings, agency technical reports, agency guidance manuals and handbooks, and websites. The research team discussed the appropriate term for the entire suite of channel- and streambank-protection measures at some length and decided that technique was more appropriate than measure or countermeasure.
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Responses to the survey are summarized in Chapter 4. The survey revealed information about the most common problems or concerns with environmental techniques for channel-erosion control, the most common techniques employed, and qualitative and quantitative data for a variety of techniques.
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