Mark Moran writes “environmental advocates in Montana are using an older form of technology in new ways to improve the quality of the land near river beds, and also slow erosion.” The story discusses some of the ways that biotechnical stabilization can benefit both the environment and landowners with an interview of Trout Headwaters’ CEO Michael Sprague.

Sprague noted “This idea that we can simply take steel and large rock and dump it into these rivers to maintain our shorelines, bank lines, our properties…. these attempts are failing day after day. There are better alternatives.” Full piece at Public News Service