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<br />tIt <br /> <br />RETURN OF THE NATIVES OR THE BENEFITS OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY <br />PLANNING IN URBAN RIPARIAN CORRIDORS <br /> <br />Deborah B. Keammerer, Restoration Ecologist <br />John Pflaum, P.E. <br /> <br />1999 CASFM Conference, September 22-24,1999 <br /> <br />ABSTRACT <br /> <br />Urban aging and flight to the suburbs has left many regional cities with vacant <br />properties and ugly conditions along their river corridors. Seizing the opportunity <br />of newly available lands and strong community demands for more natural urban <br />open space, solutions are being found to address a variety of old and new design <br />considerations. Multi-disciplinary teams are creating solutions which address <br />recreation, aesthetics, wildlife habitat, ecological functions, as well as the more <br />traditional concerns of channel design and stream dynamics. These creative <br />solutions are beginning to turn cities around. Instead of backing up to the river, <br />cities are choosing to face their river corridors. Examples of multidisciplinary <br />project solutions from plains and mountain communities will be discussed. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Deborah B. Keammerer <br />Senior Restoration Ecologist <br />The Restoration Group, Inc. <br />5858 Wood bourne Hollow Road <br />Boulder, Colorado 80301 <br />(303) 530-1783 FAX (303) 581-9219 <br />debkeam@msn.com <br /> <br />John Pflaum <br />McLaughlin Water Engineers, Ltd. <br />2420 Alcott Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80211 <br />(303) 458-5550 FAX (303) 480-9766 <br /> <br />e <br />