Designed for practitioners and agency personnel involved with field data collection, detailed design and/or review of river restoration projects, this course provides general training in design, implementation and monitoring of in-stream habitat improvement projects in regulated streams and rivers, with an emphasis on the issues surrounding Pacific salmonid spawning.

You will learn techniques for assessing existing habitat and collecting and analyzing field data. Discover how to integrate physical, biological and aesthetic objectives into habitat improvement design; characterize and estimate sediment transport and budgets for enhancement sites; and to design effective monitoring programs. Material selection, contracting procedures, and data and project presentation will be covered. Examples of techniques will be provided from both successful and failed restoration projects. You will also visit an ongoing enhancement project where techniques will be demonstrated. All students receive a comprehensive habitat restoration manual.

The course will provide general training in:

1. Design, implementation, and monitoring of instream habitat improvement projects in regulated streams and rivers. Emphasis will be on improvements associated with salmonid spawning habitat. It will explain and demonstrate common techniques for

2. Assessing existing habitat and collecting and analyzing field data;

3. Integrating physical, biological and aesthetic objectives into habitat improvement design;

4. Characterizing and estimating sediment transport and sediment budgets for enhancement sites;

5. Designing effective monitoring programs;

6. Choosing appropriate fish habitat improvement designs;

7. Understanding enhancement limitations. It will also cover equipment and material selection, contracting procedures, and data and project presentation. As part of the course, participants will visit an ongoing enhancement project where several field techniques will be demonstrated.