Research is a critical element of the process, pre-restoration data helps show change, and data collection continued on reinforces if the project worked properly and could help future projects.
Consequences:
There is no way to tell if the restoration worked or not unless there is research. Pre-restoration gives a baseline for the condition of the stream in question and any change from there is theoretically from the restoration itself. If a management project is implemented and there is no post data, there is no way to tell if anything happened at all. This is bad for the project itself and confidence in stakeholders as well as for future projects that could benefit from knowing what failed and what was successful.
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