River ecosystems benefit from instream wood. Bank erosion or debris flows caused by extreme weather deposit wood in rivers. Once wood is stored in the river, it creates a complex riverbed (e.g. rapids and pools) which creates habitats for different terrestrial and aquatic species.

The movement of wood through rivers can be measured in flux. Wood transport is mostly dependent on floods, as stored wood get picked up by the rising water level. Governing bodies generally consider wood transport as a hazard, as it can damage or block dams or bridges.

As wood storage and transport data is scarce, we are developing a wood tracking tool using machine learning and creating a crowdsourced wood transport database where we collect wood transport instances globally.