Instructors:
Jack Schmidt, Utah State University | Jeff Kershner, USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Bozeman
Tim Abbe, Hererra Environmental Consultants | Peter Wilcock, Johns Hopkins University | Karen Williams, Montana State University

Description: The workshop provides tools for understanding, assessing and incorporating geomorphic processes into restoration goals and design to best ensure the long term sustainability of proper functioning conditions. Stream restoration design often focuses on creating stable channel forms without adequately accounting for the basic processes controlling morphology. Failure to address the processes controlling channel development has seriously compromised the performance of many restoration projects. Successful stream restoration design is founded on an adequate understanding of the input and conveyance of water, sediment and wood and the spatial and temporal effects these processes have on channel morphology. The sediment, flow, and wood regimes of most streams have been altered by flow regulation, impoundments, bank stabilization, the removal or re-introduction of wood debris, and the alteration of riparian conditions. Stream restoration should address these changes and consider how the system will respond to future restoration actions. The presenters will discuss how the rate and magnitude of the delivery of water, sediment, and wood influence channel morphology and restoration effectiveness.

Course Sessions:

Intended Audience: This course is intended for those seeking an improved understanding of fluvial geomorphic processes and their impacts of river restoration.

Prerequisites: River restoration experience and previous course work in fluvial geomorphology are both helpful, but not required.

Credit: 2.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Registration: $175 ($75 for students with enrollment documentation). You may register online via the link below. You may also register via phone by calling the Northwest Environmental Training Center at (206) 762-1976.