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NPR story on Truckee River sculptures.
Water levels drop. Drought conditions prevail. Moisture from spring snows doesn't last more than a few hours.

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Nevada Rivers Project

At the Nature Conservancy's River Fork Ranch Preserve in Nevada's Carson Valley. The work is situated in the newly restored flood plain of the East Brockliss Slough of the Carson river. At 360 feet long and varied heights, with 750 lived-staked willows planted and woven into the sculpture, this work is designed to enhance the riparian habitat in a ranching corridor.

Foraging Island

A habitat enhancement installation on a former city dump, Foraging Island was created at the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve, the site of a former city dump. The project was created with over one hundred volunteers from local residents, city council members, and representatives of the Audubon Society. Burrowing owls were spotted at the site shortly after completion. Commissioned by City of Palo Alto Public Art.

Line of Defense

An installation aimed at helping local community members of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast restore the storm surge barriers can best be described as creating a technology to help make local efforts to restore wetlands more successful. Bald Cypress are a keystone species in Coastal Louisiana, as well as the state tree. Their role in creating storm surge barriers is a vital one. As a first line of defense, Bald Cypress stands allow bayou marshlands to survive. After three months the planted Cypress survived predation from Nutria, a highly invasive aquatic rodent that decimates unprotected seedlings by pulling them up and chewing their roots. The trees are growing and holding strong on a small island. Three years after initial installation. This project was made possible with support from The Puffin Foundation and Tulane University, Center for Bioengineering Research.

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Watershed Sculpture, 2015