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The Triple Bottom Line of Urban Stream Restoration

Josh Burch
DOEE
Washington, DC

The Government of the District of Columbia has invested millions of dollars into the design, construction, monitoring, and maintenance of urban stream restoration projects. These projects require significant financial investment for design, construction, maintenance, and monitoring, but what are the returns on that investment? Ideally, stream restoration should have beneficial impacts economically, socially, and environmentally, however, most often those benefits are not treated co-equally in project development nor project outputs. This presentation will explore the triple bottom line impacts of stream restoration projects in Washington, DC over the last decade.  

About Josh Burch
Josh Burch manages stream restoration projects for the District Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE). Josh has held this position since 2009, and has managed the construction of over 15,000ft of urban stream and has over 40,000ft of projects currently under designs. When not at DOEE Josh is usually taking his children to soccer games, fishing, or rambling on to anyone who will listen about why D.C. should be a state.