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09/02/2026

Water quality update from the Klamath River. Our monitoring shows measurable improvements post-dam removal.

The dams that once fostered toxic algal blooms, atypical temperatures, and stagnant water have been removed. What we're seeing now: natural temperature rhythms returning, dissolved oxygen levels normalizing, and sediment flowing freely again.

Water warms three weeks earlier in spring and cools three weeks earlier in fall, creating the daily fluctuations that fish need to forage, move freely, and access new habitat. Algal blooms that plagued the former reservoirs have been largely eliminated. The river is improving.

Follow the Klamath River restoration progress at our StoryMap here: https://hubs.li/Q04wjTWZ0

Swiftwater Films

08/24/2026

Innovation does not always mean inventing something new. Sometimes it means recognizing that good science is not reaching the people who could use it and finding a practical way to close that gap.

RES arborist Larsen McBride brought that mindset to the University of Florida’s updated Florida Tree Selector. He worked with Dr. Ryan Klein to develop a tutorial that helps homeowners, landscape professionals and restoration practitioners turn site conditions such as soil, drainage, sunlight and available space into better planting decisions.

As part of our ongoing look at innovation across RES, we spoke with Larsen about making technical knowledge more accessible, avoiding common planting mistakes and one Florida tree he thinks deserves more attention. Check out the interview: https://hubs.li/Q04tS0gb0

07/28/2026

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library opened on July 4, 2026, and it's unlike any other presidential library in the country. Built on 40 acres of restored native prairie in North Dakota's badlands, the Library features a walkable green roof planted with more than 140,000 native plants. What makes it special? The entire site was designed so that the architecture and the landscape work together as one system.

RES helped make this possible by integrating ecological planning from the earliest stages of design. The Library is pursuing the world's highest sustainability certifications including Living Building Challenge v4.0, LEED Platinum, and SITES v2 Platinum. This is what happens when conservation design starts at the beginning.

Explore the full story:

Discover how the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library integrates architecture and ecology, creating a sustainable, immersive experience in North Dakota's native prairie.

07/15/2026

RES has been awarded a five-year contract to restore 785 acres at Dutch Gap Forest Preserve in Antioch, Illinois, one of the larger aquatic ecosystem restoration efforts underway in the region. The project spans wetland, prairie, savanna, fen, riparian, and channel habitats. More than 64,000 linear feet of legacy drain tile. More than 190,000 native plugs, trees, and shrubs. Many years of adaptive management ahead.

Read more: https://hubs.li/Q04pxVcT0

07/13/2026

A minnow doesn’t know where one landowner’s property ends, and the next begins. They just know the stream and depend on it for life.

For decades, the standard way to repair a damaged stream was to fix one parcel, check the compliance box, and move on. But water moves downhill across boundaries. Sediment travels. A wetland drained three properties upstream still shapes what happens below it.

So here’s the question that should keep anyone up at night before breaking ground on a large-scale project: if the environmental requirement has to hold for decades, why do so many restored sites quietly fall apart within a few years of the ribbon-cutting?

The answer isn’t effort, and it isn’t money. It’s where you draw the boundary.

Read about what changes when you stop thinking in parcels and start thinking in watersheds, and why that single shift decides whether a restoration lasts.

Explore landscape-scale restoration, a holistic approach that revitalizes ecosystems and fosters community resilience by treating watersheds as interconnected systems.

07/02/2026

Our country turns 250 this Fourth of July. On the same day, a new place opens its doors in the North Dakota Badlands, grounded in conservation, leadership, and citizenship. We will have much more to share in the coming days, but for now, here is a first look.

Happy 4th of July!

06/30/2026

In Fort Worth, Texas, the Ham Branch Habitat Mitigation Project is helping restore ecological function while supporting the Fort Worth Modified Central City Project’s flood risk management goals.

Located within Harmon Field Park, the project will transform a degraded urban stream into a healthier stream and wetland system through the restoration of 1,965 linear feet of stream channel, 7.4 acres of riparian corridor, and 0.6 acres of emergent wetland habitat.

Additional improvements, including an upstream trash collection system and improved connectivity to the Trinity River, will support water quality, fish passage, and long-term resilience.

Led by the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with the TRWD - Tarrant Regional Water District and the City of Fort Worth, the broader Central City Project is designed to reduce flood risk for more than one million residents while enhancing community infrastructure and public spaces.

Learn more about the project in this Fort Worth Report article: https://hubs.li/Q04n6yS30

Or check out our website: https://hubs.li/Q04n6DZ70

06/26/2026

At Sam Houston Jones State Park in Southwest Louisiana, RES is helping restore more than 800 acres of native habitat following the impacts of Hurricanes Laura and Delta.

Our work supports restoration across multiple habitat types, including longleaf pine savanna, strengthens ecosystem resilience, and advances long-term monitoring to better understand how birds, bats, and mammals respond as the landscape recovers.

In partnership with Woodside Energy, Louisiana State Parks, and McNeese State University, this project brings together ecological restoration, science, and stewardship at one of Louisiana’s most-visited state parks, a place that continues to matter deeply to local families, visitors, and wildlife.

06/24/2026

We are in the middle of Pollinator Week, an annual celebration supporting pollinator health! Initiated by the Pollinator Partnership, the celebration runs from June 22–28 to raise awareness of the critical role pollinators play and to spread the word about how we can protect them.

At RES, our team has partnered with BeeOdiversity to bring customized bee habitats to our Klamath River Project following the largest dam removal in U.S. history. These habitats are designed to attract solitary native bees and to capture pollen samples that help us identify the diversity of both bee species and the plants they feed on. Pollen samples are studied using digital photography and laboratory analysis.

Through this work, we gain scientific insights into the ecology of roughly 100-acre sites based on bee species, abundance, diversity, and food sources. The data also helps guide specific improvement measures for both pollinators and the surrounding ecosystem.

We are excited to work with our friends at BeeOdiversity, a firm that has earned numerous awards for creating cutting-edge technology and biodiversity programs that "combine the genius of nature with advanced data analytics."

As the Klamath River ecosystem continues to recover, these tiny pollinators are helping us better understand the landscape's next chapter. Explore the Klamath story: https://hubs.li/Q04ms3Tx0

06/17/2026

Some projects are best understood through their outcomes. Others are best understood through the journey.

Today we're sharing the first chapter in a new video series about the North Delta Restoration Project in California. See what it takes to restore landscapes at scale and steward them for the long term.

Stay tuned for additional chapters, where we'll share stories from the field, insights from the team, and lessons learned from a project shaped by collaboration, ecological expertise, and a commitment to lasting results.