These protocols, developed by RiversEdge West, are designed to provide an outline of suggested monitoring efforts that could be conducted on a restoration site in order to efficiently track restoration progress and inform the planning and implementation of management activities. The blank Rapid Monitoring Datasheets are designed to accompany this protocol (see separate document). 

This revised NRCS Technical Note provides guidance for planners, producers and consultants to develop plant suitability and seeding rate recommendations for conservation plantings within Colorado.
Published by the NRCS, this pamphlet provides guidelines for planting longstem transplants for riparian restoration in the Southwest.

This 2008 report summarizes an inventory of tamarisk and Russian olive infestations on all the major rivers and their main tributaries in Colorado. The report  was completed by the Tamarisk Coalition for the Colorado Water Conservation Board. The purpose of this work was to 1) establish and implement an inventory protocol that would be economical to perform, 2) provide a relatively accurate understanding of the extent of the tamarisk problem in Colorado, 3) develop water and wildlife habitat impacts, and 4) estimate the cost of restoration.

This Natural Resources Conservation Service document describes proper techniques for planting cottonwoods and willows.