National audienceFour manager groups were surveyed by means of a photo-questionnaire in order to evaluate their perception of riverscapes with and without in-channel wood. Environmental evaluation is expressed in terms of aesthetics, naturalness, danger and need for watercourse improvement. Results show some strong differences among groups, whereas public perception is generally more consensual. Two contrasted attitudes are observed. On the one hand, professionals who are in charge of risks and uses consider wood in watercourse as being un-aesthetic. Even if no danger is felt, they tend to remove it. On the other hand, according to managers who are in charge of watercourse conservation, wood occurrence implies no particular improvement; the...