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The riparian area is the area where water and land meet. It is enormously important in order to ensure that water can stay in recharge zones long enough to make it to the aquifers, reduce fast moving waters during flood events, and to ensure a healthy aquatic and land based ecosystem. Unfortunately, even though these areas only represent about 1% of land in Texas, these areas are often removed and replaced with retention ponds, or not at all.

As part of my master naturalist certification and my current goals of water certifications I have seen several books pass through for folks who have an interest in Riparian ecology. I will be adding to this list as more books come my way.

• Applied River Morphology
  • By Dave Rosgen
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Austin’s Waller Creek:  Promise for Tomorrow
  • By Phillip Fry, Carolyn H Wright
  • Source: CER Lecture
• A View of the River
  • By Luna B. Leopold
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Field Guide to Rivers and Streams
  • By Ryan Utz
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, Policymakers and Citizens
  • By Ann L Riley
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Riparia:  Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside Communities
  • By Robert J. Naiman
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Streams:  Their Ecology and Life
  • By Colbert E Cushing, J. David Allan
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Troubleshooting Invasive Plants
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Source: Texas Stream Team training
• The Untold Story of the Lower Colorado River Authority
  • By John Williams
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Waters, Rivers, and Creeks
  • By Luna B. Leopold
  • Source: CER Lecture
• Your Remarkable Riparian:  A Field Guide to Riparian Plants within the  Nueces River Basin of Texas
  • By Neches River Authority
  • Source: CER Lecture, Texas Stream Team training
• Your Remarkable Riparian:  Owner’s Manual to Riparian Plants within the  Nueces River Basin of Texas
  • By Steve Nelle
  • Source: Texas Stream Team training

Sources

• CER lectures are provided by Austin Water Center for Environmental Research and led by Dr Kevin M. Anderson. There is also a CER reading list on this site.
• Texas Stream Team is an organization dedicated to understanding and protecting the 191,000 miles of Texas waterways. They train citizen scientists how to protect and monitor the watersheds in Texas.

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