National River Restoration Science Synthesis (NRRSS)
River Restoration in our Nation: A Scientific Synthesis to Inform Policy, Grassroots Actions, and Future Research

Sample NRRSS Input Form
(This form will not write to the NRRSS database.)

Create/Select Source Data Citation Record


Project Name (Required) Help?

Stream Name (Required) Help?

Waterway Help?

If your selection (above) is Other for Waterway
then provide a description for that Other category:

Tributary of Help?

Basin Mentioned Help?

County Name Help?

Nearest Town

Country (Required) Help?

States or Territories. (Required for US only) Help?
Alabama Alaska American Samoa
Arizona Arkansas California
Colorado Connecticut Delaware
District of Columbia Fed. States of Micronesia Florida
Georgia Guam Hawaii
Idaho Illinois Indiana
Iowa Kansas Kentucky
Louisiana Maine Marshall Islands
Maryland Massachusetts Michigan
Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Montana Nebraska Nevada
New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico
New York North Carolina North Dakota
Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma
Oregon Palau Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota Tennessee Texas
Utah Vermont Virginia
Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia
Wisconsin Wyoming

Year project was implemented Help?

Year project was permitted Help?

Project Website name (e.g. www.nceas.ucsb.edu)
http://

Year project was completed, range of years, or project ongoing (Required)

Select only one from the following:
"Year project was completed",
"Select the range of years for when the project was completed",
or "Check this box if the project is ongoing".

Year project was completed (Only select if year is known) Help?

Select the range of years for when the project was completed (Only select if year is an estimate)
Help?

Check this box if the project is ongoing.

First name of Project Contact Help?
Last name of Project Contact Help?

Affiliation Name for Project Contact (Required) Help?

Phone Number for Project Contact (Format: 123 456 7890 x1234) Help?

E-mail Address for Project Contact Help?

Is there a Project Size? (Required) Yes No Can't Tell

Project Size Help? (Project Size Units)

Is there a Project Length? (Required) Yes No Can't Tell

Project Length Help? (Project Length Units)

Project Cost Amount Available? (Required) Yes No Can't Tell Help?

Project Cost Amount (US or Australian Dollars) Help?

Was there Monitoring? (Required) Yes No Can't Tell Help?

What was the Monitoring Focus?
Biological Chemical Photographic Physical
Other Can't tell (if you select this option then make sure that other options are not checked)

If one of your selections (above) was Other for Monitoring Focus
then provide a description for that Other category:

Funder Information available? (Required) Yes No Can't Tell Help?

Funder Information

Implementer Information available? (Required) Yes No Can't Tell Help?

Implementer Information

Was there Mitigation? Yes No Can't Tell Help?

Is the Project Data at the National or Regional level? Help?
National Level Data Regional Level Data
Both National and Regional Level Data Can't Tell

Select the Source Data Type (Required) Help?

If one of your selections (above) was Other for Source Data Type
then provide a description for that Other category:


Source Data Type: Phone Conversation
(Only fill in these values if the Source Data Type selected (above) was: Phone Conversation.)

First name (per phone conversation) Help?
Last name (per phone conversation) Help?
Job description for person (per phone conversation) Help?

Affiliation Name for person (per phone conversation) Help?

Phone Number for person (per phone conversation) (Format: 123 456 7890 x1234) Help?

Date of phone conversation
Month Day Year

E-mail Address for person (per phone conversation)


Enter the location of the Project as either Geographic coordinates or UTM coordinates but NOT both.

Location of Project (using Geographic coordinates)

Latitude:
Degrees: Minutes: Seconds: Direction:

Longitude:
Degrees: Minutes: Seconds: Direction:


Location of Project (using UTM coordinates)

Northings: Eastings: UTM Zone:

Definitions for Project Intent Categories


Aesthetics/Recreation/Education Bank Stabilization
Channel Reconfiguration Dam Removal/Retrofit
Fish Passage Floodplain Reconnection
Flow Modification In-stream Habitat Improvement
In-stream Species Management Land Acquisition
Riparian Management Stormwater Management
Water Quality Management Other

Select one or more for Project Intent Help?
Aesthetics/Recreation/Education Bank Stabilization
Channel Reconfiguration Dam Removal/Retrofit
Fish Passage Floodplain Reconnection
Flow Modification In-stream Habitat Improvement
In-stream Species Management Land Acquisition
Riparian Management Stormwater Management
Water Quality Management Other

If one of your selections (above) was Other for Project Intent
then provide a description for that Other category:

Project Description (memo):

Activities

Select one or more for Flow
Flow regime enhancement Flushing
Infiltration galleries Irrigation (increased efficiency)
Reinstating/maintaining hydraulic
      connections 		Retention ponds
Water level control/maintenance Water right transfers/leases
Stoplog structure

Select one or more for Structures
A jacks Biologs
Boulders added Branch packing
Brush bundles/mattresses added Check dam construction
Coir or coconut fiber logs/matting Culverts added
Culverts removed Deflectors
Detention ponds Fish ladders installed
Fish passage installed Fish screens installed
Gabions Gravel added
Grout bags Lunkers
LWD added LWD removed
Pushup dam removal Revetments-boulder
Revetments- log Revetments-rootwad
Revetments- unspecified Rip rap
Rock vanes Root wads
Stone toe protection Weirs - bendway
Weirs (full spanning) Weirs (rock vortex)
Dam removal

Select one or more for Preventing/Removing Inputs
Acid Mine Drainage Reclamation projects Active treatment of acid mine drainage -
      unspecified
Adding chemicals to lower pH and induce
      metals precipitation 		Adding limestone sand
Aerobic wetlands Anaerobic wetlands
Anoxic limestone drains (ALD) Bio-capping
Cleaning (e.g. trash removal) CSO separation
Diversion wells Fencing
Fire prevention Livestock exclusion (specific activities
      unspecified
Migration barriers Off channel watering
Open limestone channels Passive treatment of acid mine drainage -
      unspecified
Pyrolusite beds Riparian buffer creation/maintenance
Road obliteration Sand traps
Sediment basins Septic improvements
Settling pond Sewer improvements
Sewer repair Swale construction
Vertical flow reactors (VFR)

Select one or more for Shape
Bank or channel reshaping Grading - banks
Grading - longitudinal profile Grading - plan form
Grading- floodplain Grading-unspecified
Meander creation Pools created
Pools removed Riffles created
Step pools

Select one or more for Vegetation
Dormant post plantings Eradication of weeds/nonnative plants
Fascines Joint plantings
Live cribwalls Revegetation - live stakes
Revegetation - posts Revegetation - seedlings/saplings
Revegetation - seeds Revegetation - shrubs
Revegetation unspecified Vegetated gabions
Vegetated geogrids

Select one or more for Other
Aerial photographs Agricultural BMPs
Beaver management Education
GIS coverage Land acquistion or purchase
Modeling Monitoring - biota
Monitoring - chemistry Monitoring - flow
Native species protection Native species reintroduction
Research Salmon carcass placement
Urban BMPS Wetland - conservation
Wetland - construction Backwater sediment dredging
Backwater reconnection channel dredging Island creation/restoration
Island stabilization/protection


Species within this Project Area:

Scientific Name Common Name Targeted for Protection Introduced to Project Area Seek to Eradicate from Area

























You may want to first verify your Species Name by going to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) website.

Click on the gray box to go to the ITIS website:



If your Activity was not listed in: Flow, Structures, Preventing/Removing Inputs, Shape, Vegetation, or Other, then fill in below with the name of your Activity.
Activity (1)

Activity (2)

Activity (3)

Activity (4)

Activity (5)

Activity (6)

Activity (7)