Rivers

We use rivers to provide drinking water, irrigate farmland, produce electricity, and for recreational activities. Healthy rivers support a unique assemblage of plants and animals, including habitat for salmon and steelhead. However, human activities surrounding rivers, and direct exploitation of rivers, have compromised the ability of many rivers to provide these functions. A comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to river management is necessary for meeting these disparate demands.

Faculty Experts

• Joan Florsheim
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
• Richard Frank
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Water Policy | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance
• Peter G. Green
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Stressors on Plants | Stressors on Animals | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Air Quality
• Alan Jassby
  Water & Watersheds | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries
• A. Peter Klimley
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans
• Jay R. Lund
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• WScott McLean
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Wildlife | Rivers | Water Policy | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics | Education and Outreach
• Jeffrey F. Mount
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | Policy, Governance
• Peter Moyle
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Water Policy | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Gregory Pasternack
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
• Geoffrey Schladow
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Education and Outreach
• Johan Six
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Soil Microbes | Rivers | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Economics | Education and Outreach
• Swee Teh
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Toxicology | Disease | Stressors on Animals | Physiology and Nutrition | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
• Lisa Thompson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Lakes | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Joshua Viers
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Plants | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Disease | Land Use Planning | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Lakes | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach
• Bassam Younis
  Water & Watersheds | Rivers | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality