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In the early 1990s, TU volunteer Rich Redmen had the idea to use large Willow stakes to resurrect a deeply eroding stream bank on the Boquet River in Wadhams, N.Y.
At the time, it was a common practice to load eroding banks with large rocks, often called rip rap. But rip rap could cost 15 to 20 times more than a willow-staking project. Rip rap can also generate downstream flow issues and problems.
