Free Download: An Introduction to Soil Bioengineering
A 7-page illustrated field guide with larger type, original PES diagrams, dated photographs and links to David Polster’s published work.
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What’s Inside the Guide
Read the Site
Understand water paths, surface movement and the conditions that limit plant establishment.
Match the Method
An introduction to live staking, live pole drains and rough-and-loose surface preparation.
Build a Live-Stake Wattle Fence
The complete PES diagram, with cuttings behind the posts, backfill and the steep-section rebar adaptation.
Choose and Handle Cuttings
Willow, black cottonwood and red-osier dogwood, with dormant harvesting and moisture protection.
Follow a Dated Field Record
Juniper photographs from May 2016 and May 2018, clearly captioned as a historical sequence.
Read David Polster’s Work
Short attributed quotations and clickable links to the 1997 paper, SER article and PES method guides.
About Polster Environmental Services
Polster Environmental Services Ltd. has been delivering soil bioengineering and ecological restoration projects in British Columbia since the 1980s.
Our work spans highway corridors, coastal bluffs, mine reclamation sites, and urban slopes. Native plants and living materials are central to this work.