Small Stream Barrier Removal in the University Context
Lambert Ngenzi
Andrew Friedman-Herring
Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
Durham, NC
Authors: Andrew Friedman-Herring, Kelsey Husted, Lambert Ngenzi, Jacqueline Van Der Hout
University campuses and forests manage streams for a wide range of goals, including conservation, stewardship, education, and research. While universities are home to experts in academic fields spanning the many disciplines that interface with stream restoration, university managers undertaking stream restoration projects may have gaps in knowledge in how to implement stream restoration projects. Our research seeks to identify the gaps in knowledge that campus managers are seeking to fill with regards to undertaking small barrier removal projects as well as the unique set of challenges and opportunities universities face when implementing these stream restoration projects. This presentation will provide an overview of research efforts to identify the challenges and opportunities that universities face in planning, funding, permitting, and managing small dam removal and culvert replacement partnerships. We will cover results from surveys and interviews with university managers and stream restoration practitioners.
Working with the Duke Forest, we have created a project guidebook for university campus and forest managers seeking to undertake small dam removals and culvert replacements. We will present the key points contained in this guidebook and discuss how stream restoration professionals can utilize these takeaways in work with university partners and clients. Additionally, we will present our accompanying Online Resource Guide, a library created as a supplemental resource for university audiences to find additional guidance on technical and local subjects related to small barrier removals.
About Lambert Ngenzi
Lambert Ngenzi completed his Master of Environmental Management with a concentration of water resource management at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke.
During his graduate studies with his 3 classmates, they wrote a guidebook on Small Stream Barrier Removal in the University Context and created an online guide Library. The document provides guidance to university campus and university forest managers undertaking small barrier removal projects on streams. The content within primarily relates to restoring connectivity within freshwater stream systems.
In his undergraduate studies, Lambert conducted research on land use patterns in Ghana. After his graduation, he worked in West Uganda as a Princeton in Africa conservation fellow.
Lambert was also a McNair scholar and a Doris Duke Conservation program fellow. Lambert is currently an environmental officer at USAID. He is passionate about tackling the most pressing environmental issues around the world.
