Resource Institute Inc.

08/25/2026

Nashville, here we come! 🎉
The sessions are scheduled.
The exhibitors are packed.
The app is live.
And more than 500 stream restoration professionals are headed to Nashville.
There’s nothing left to say except…
SEE YOU SUNDAY! 🌊🎸
📍 Ga***rd Opryland Resort & Convention Center
📅 August 31 – September 2
🌊 National Stream Restoration Conference 2026
Safe travels, everyone. We can’t wait to see you in Nashville!

07/30/2026

🤝 Where the Stream Restoration Community Gathers
Some of the best conversations at the National Stream Restoration Conference happen beyond the podium.
🍻 Join us on Monday, August 31 for the Sponsors' Reception featuring a Taste of Tennessee menu, live music from the Hot Chicken Band, and more than 65 exhibitors showcasing the latest products, services, and technologies in stream restoration.
📍 National Stream Restoration Conference
📅 August 31–September 2, 2026 | Nashville, TN
🔗 Learn more and register: https://restorestreams.org/2026-agenda

07/23/2026

🌊 How did one state remove nine dams in a single year?
Find out during our featured Special Session, Effective State-Wide Collaboration for Dam Removal in Vermont (Nine Removals in 2025!). Members of the Vermont Dam Task Force will share how collaboration among nonprofits, agencies, and local partners is advancing successful dam removal and river restoration projects.
🤝 Then connect with colleagues at the Women in Stream Restoration (WiSR) gathering.
🍽️ Explore more than 20 dining options at Ga***rd Opryland and keep the conversations going long after the sessions end.
📍 National Stream Restoration Conference
📅 August 31–September 2, 2026 | Nashville, TN
🔗 Learn more and register at https://restorestreams.org/2026-agenda
📸Vermont Dam Task Force Project - Farnham Brothers Dam, Tunbridge, VT

07/15/2026

🦋 Featured Special Session: Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring
🧐Want to strengthen your stream restoration monitoring program?
🐛Join us for Designing a Benthic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Program for Your Stream Restoration Projects, where you'll learn practical strategies for selecting reference reaches, choosing sampling locations, understanding regional protocols, and interpreting biological monitoring data.
📍 National Stream Restoration Conference
📅 August 31 – September 2, 2026
📍 Ga***rd Opryland Resort & Convention Center | Nashville, TN
Learn more and view the full program.
https://restorestreams.org/2026-agenda

06/10/2026

📣 Exhibitors: Reserve Your Space by June 19!
The deadline for inclusion in conference signage and printed program materials is approaching.
🌿 Showcase your organization
🤝 Connect with restoration professionals from across the country
📍 Ga***rd Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, TN
📅 August 31 – September 2, 2026
Don't miss your opportunity to be part of the 2026 National Stream Restoration Conference.

05/27/2026

📣 Exhibit Space Is Filling Quickly for NSRC 2026!
Join restoration professionals from across the country at the 2026 National Stream Restoration Conference at the Ga***rd Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
🌿 Showcase your organization
🤝 Connect with industry leaders
💬 Engage with practitioners, agencies, nonprofits, and partners
📍 August 31 – September 2, 2026
Exhibit booths are filling quickly — reserve your space today!

05/14/2026

🌿 Where is Natural Channel Design headed next?
Join Dave Rosgen, PhD, PH at the 2026 National Stream Restoration Conference for a special session focused on the current state and future direction of Natural Channel Design and restoration practice.
🧐The session will explore practical application, lessons learned, and putting the “natural” back into NCD.
📍 Nashville, Tennessee
📅 August 31 – September 2, 2026
More conference details and agenda updates:
➡️https://restorestreams.org/

03/09/2026

What is Resource Institute?
🌿 We partner with communities, landowners, and agencies to restore streams and wetlands, improving water quality, reducing erosion, and strengthening watershed resilience.
🎥 Our new video offers a quick look at the work we do and the partnerships that make it possible.
▶️ Watch: About Resource Institute
https://youtu.be/smmyYK020qw?si=kswqZOCn7XAxM6DA

Resource Institute (RI) leads stream and wetland restoration projects that improve water quality, stabilize infrastructure, and strengthen watershed resilien...

01/22/2026

🌊 Dive into stream science this May!
Join us in Marshall, NC for Aquatic Insect Ecology for Environmental Professionals — a hands-on workshop.
🐜You’ll learn how to collect, ID, and interpret aquatic insects in the field and lab.
📅 May 4 - 7, 2026
📍 Laurel Community Center | Marshall, NC
💡 Designed for environmental pros, consultants, and agency staff
🔬 Field sessions. Microscopes. Mountains.
➡️ Save your seat now https://www.resourceinstituteinc.org/freshwater-science...

01/14/2026

🎤 Present at the 2026 National Stream Restoration Conference!
We’re now accepting Abstracts and Special Session Proposals for Nashville.
Share your work. Lead a workshop. Host a roundtable.
Help shape the 2026 program!
🗓️ Deadline: February 13, 2026
🔗 Details on our website.
https://restorestreams.org/call-for-abstracts
https://restorestreams.org/call-for-special-sessions