Applying process-based restoration techniques is a shift in how we think about rivers and streams. Instead of relying on constant intervention or overbuilt infrastructure, it works to enable natural processes by slowing water down, reconnecting it to floodplains, and letting the landscape reshape and restore itself over time. Over time, those small steps add up to big change—healthier forests and meadows, and streams and rivers that are better prepared for fire, flood, and drought. Head to the l