Ecosystem Design

Ecosystem Design, Watershed Restoration, Wetland Parks, Wetland Restoration, Wetlands

Illinois River Wetlands Presentation

announcement, Illinois River wetland presentation, Earth Day, April 22

On Earth Day, this coming Saturday, April 22, I am giving a talk on the past and future of Illinois River wetlands. At Ivory Bill Brewing in Siloam Springs, AR.7 pm.Come join the discussion!

Steve Patterson
April 17, 2023

Constructed Ecologies, Ecosystem Design, Education & Interpretation, Floating wetlands

Floating wetlands launch

kids planting a constructed floating wetland

15 fourth-graders planted and launched two floating wetland modules last week as part of Spring Camp sponsored by the City of Norman’s Parks & Recreation Department. The floating wetlands planted are the ones we built in a workshop last October.…

Steve Patterson
March 20, 2023

Constructed Ecologies, Ecosystem Design, Education & Interpretation, Floating wetlands, Water Quality, Workshops & Charrettes

Materials to build a floating wetland

Frames built and truck loaded with materials for a “how to build a floating wetland” workshop I’m leading tomorrow, in Norman, OK. Sponsored by City of Norman Stormwater Division. Looking forward to it! Gonna be fun!

Steve Patterson
October 26, 2022

Ecosystem Design, Education & Interpretation, Lakes, Water Quality, Watersheds, Wetland Parks, Wetlands, Workshops & Charrettes

Lake Frances Ecological Design Charrette

cover of Ecological Design in the Ozarks report

Location: Illinois River, Oklahoma/Arkansas Border Sponsors: Bio x Design, University of Arkansas, American Ecological Engineering Society The plans for the site developed in the charrette were compiled into a booklet (PDF) reporting on the charrette process and results.

Steve Patterson
May 25, 2022

Cultured Ecologies, Ecosystem Design, Water Quality

Cultured Ecologies for Water Quality Improvement

Location: Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada

Steve Patterson
December 31, 2021

Constructed Ecologies, Cultured Ecologies, Ecosystem Design, Education & Interpretation, Floating wetlands, Water Quality, Wetlands, Workshops & Charrettes

Cave Springs Floating Wetlands Workshop

Eighty or so students from Kirksey Middle School in Rogers, Arkansas visited the Illinois River Watershed Partnership’s Watershed Sanctuary in Cave Springs on May 15, 2015. They got a tour of the Sanctuary, chased crawdads in the former hatchery raceways,…

Steve Patterson
July 23, 2015

Ecosystem Design, Education & Interpretation, Wetland Creation, Wetland Parks, Wetlands

OU Landscape Architecture Students’ Ideas for Eufaula Wetland Park

I had a lot of fun recently working with OU landscape architecture students in Brent Wall’s design studio class. They took on the Eufaula Wetland Park as a class project. Three teams developed three very different and very cool designs…

Steve Patterson
July 23, 2015

Constructed Ecologies, Ecosystem Design, Education & Interpretation, Floating wetlands, Water Quality, Wetlands, Workshops & Charrettes

How to build a floating wetland

…and why you might want to Lake Fayetteville Environmental Study Center, Fayetteville, AR Saturday May 5, 2012, 9:30am to 1:30pm

Steve Patterson
April 12, 2015

Constructed Ecologies, Ecosystem Design, Education & Interpretation, Floating wetlands, Lakes, Water Quality, Wetlands, Workshops & Charrettes

Building Floating Wetlands, Earth Day 2010

PVIA Chairman Dr. Ken Hammond and local area middle schoolers pose with a newly planted floating wetland at Lake Wister, April 21, 2010

For Earth Day 2010 the Choctaw Nation and the Poteau Valley Improvement Authority (PVIA) sponsored an educational event for local middle schoolers at Lake Wister. Students helped finish building and then planted two floating wetlands which were added to those…

Steve Patterson
April 23, 2010