Monday, September 1, 2008

?Stream Management Tree?

I'm having some difficulty controlling the growth of my tree. Mine looks like a bramble that has not be pruned for years. Everything I know is so intertwined that a tree may not be an appropriate structure. Does anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

although my "gardening skills" are sub-par, one thing that helped me was to picture the final product (a restored stream reach) as the fruit, and work down the tree from there. But it was easy because I don't know much about stream restoration...

Donald Orth said...

If you know too much then you can start 'lumping' things together in branches , stems, or roots. Think about where the metaphor of a 'tree' fits your understanding of stream habitat management. each root or stem is likely to be filled with concepts, principles or facts but you do not need to show it all. Don't get lost in the tree!