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Registration now open for Tahoe restoration shortcourse
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Tracy Katelman, ASJE
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Feb 13, 2007 21:13 PST
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Registration is now open for:
GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS FOR RIVER AND STREAM
RESTORATION
August 13-17, 2007 (with optional field training August
9-11)
Sagehen Creek Field Station near Lake Tahoe, California
For more information and registration form:
restoration.ced.berkeley.edu/shortcourse
For questions, please contact
restoration_-@yahoo.com.
This course consists of organized lectures, backed by lecture notes, a
reference text on measurement and analysis methods in fluvial
geomorphology, spreadsheets, and other relevant reading, field trips,
exercises, and discussions. The course includes several field trips to
rivers and streams in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the nearby Sierra Nevada
range, and Truckee River with their spectacular mountain scenery, diverse
fluvial environments, and range of human impacts (and their often very
visible consequences). The course includes workshops on geomorphic river
restoration problems faced by participants, who briefly present the
problem for discussion by instructors and colleagues in a workshop
format, for discussion and ideas on analytical approaches and resources.
The overall content of the course will be similar to the successful
offerings of previous years, with adaptations to the new environment that
will be updated on the website and in course information as it develops.
A new feature this year is an optional, 3-day training in geomorphic
field methods offered immediately prior to the shortcourse (described
below).
Course instructors: Peter Wilcock, Johns Hopkins Univ, Matt
Kondolf, Univ. California Berkeley, Mary Power, Univ. California
Berkeley, Jack Schmidt, Utah State Univ,
Mitch Swanson, Swanson Hydrology/Geomorphology, Scott McBain, McBain
& Trush,
Chad Gourley, Otis Bay LLC, Mark Tompkins, Univ California Berkeley,
Shannah Anderson, Univ California Berkeley.
The course is ideal for anyone responsible for managing and restoring
rivers and streams, including those who have previously taken
shortcourses in the field, as this course offers insights and approaches
unlike those typically taken in many restoration projects today.
Practitioners and agency staff responsible for reviewing restoration
proposals will benefit from the high caliber of instruction and direct
link to current research. This course is a good choice for those seeking
an understanding of process-based river restoration in contrast to the
form-based projects commonly implemented. And this course is unique in
offering the opportunity to learn from such an extensive and growing data
set of post-project appraisals of restoration projects, and to learn how
to conduct effective post-project monitoring. The number of participants
is limited to 26 to provide many opportunities for one-on-one
instruction.
Course details
The course fee of $1,980 includes tuition, continuing education
credits through UC Riverside Extension, field trip transportation, and
course materials, including printed copies of lecture notes, CD with PDF
files of additional papers and spreadsheets, and a copy of the reference
work Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology. The course fee also includes
three meals per day for five days, beginning Sunday dinner through Friday
lunch, 12-17 August.
GEOMORPHIC FIELD METHODS, August 9-11, 2007, Sagehen Creek Field Station
nr Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Beginning this year, we are pleased to offer an optional three-day
training in field measurement techniques 9-11 August, the
Thursday-Friday-Saturday immediately preceding the shortcourse. This
field training is suitable for participants whose experience in
geomorphic field measurements is limited and who would like to strengthen
their background and skill set. The training covers principles of
surveying, field surveys of channel geometry using traditional level and
rod, total station theodolite, and hand-held GPS units. The training will
include an introduction to use of survey-grade GPS and ground-based
LIDAR, and possibly, field instruction in their use. The training will
include mapping of sedimentary facies and other stream features, bed
material sampling through pebble counts and demonstration of bulk
subsurface sampling and its attendant issues, measurement of surface flow
and shallow groundwater, and mapping riparian vegetation and techniques
for using riparian vegetation features to infer flood history and channel
change. The training will rely heavily on the methods presented in Tools
in Fluvial Geomorphology (John Wiley & Sons 2003), and while
interdisciplinary in context, will focus on geomorphic field methods.
Instructors are drawn from those involved in the regular shortcourse. The
field training is $1250 if taken alone, $1100 if taken in conjunction
with the shortcourse.
LODGING FOR SAGEHEN COURSES
For both the Geomorphic/Ecological Fundamentals shortcourse and the
Geomorphic Field Methods Training, participants can make their own
lodging arrangements among a choice of hotels in Truckee (about 10 mi
south of Sagehen, near Hwy I-80) or can take advantage of comfortable,
inexpensive accommodations on the beautiful grounds of the research
station. Lodging at the field station is $20/night per person,
which entitles you to a bunk bed in a cabin with 6-8 beds, and clean,
updated bathroom facilities. You can stay in the bunk bed in the
cabin or pitch your tent outside on the station grounds (and use the bunk
to store gear if you wish).
OTHER SHORTCOURSES AVAILABLE
Most of the material presented in the 5-day shortcourse is presented by
some of the same instructors in two comparable shortcourses, offered in
Logan, Utah, and Baltimore, Maryland. Like the 5-day Sagehen
(Tahoe) course, these assume a basic understanding of stream reach
characterization (which may be acquired in the 3-day field training at
Sagehen if you don't already have it from academic training or
professional experience).
Ecological and Geomorphic Principles of Stream Restoration
June 4-8, 2007 Cromwell Valley Park, Baltimore
http://www.palmerlab.umd.edu/
(please note - website update coming soon)
Principles and Practice of Stream Restoration
July 16-20, 2007 Utah State University, Logan
http://uwrl.usu.edu/streamrestoration/
An advanced class is offered in Logan in August.
Principles and Practice of Stream Restoration, Part II (Design
Problem)
August 20-24, 2007 Utah State University, Logan, UT
http://uwrl.usu.edu/streamrestoration/
How These Courses Relate
The 5-day "principles" shortcourses (Ecological and Geomorphic
Fundamentals, Principles of Stream Restoration, and Geomorphic and
Ecological Fundamentals) share many of the same instructors, and are
designed to cover much the same material, although adapted to the
specific environments in which the courses are offered.
The 3-day Geomorphic Field Methods Training is designed for biologists,
managers, and others without prior training in geomorphology and
hydrology, and allows the 5-day shortcourse to assume some background and
thereby treat advanced topics in greater depth. This 3-day training is
not a prerequisite for the other courses, and inability to take the
training need not prevent one from taking one of the regular
shortcourses. However, taking the training will probably increase
what you get out of the 5-day shortcourse. The training would
likely be repetitious and thus is not recommended for engineers and
others familiar with geomorphic and hydrologic field methods through
relevant work experience.
The advanced 4-day course in sediment transport calculations and channel
design includes a full design problem, including hydraulic and sediment
transport modeling, site layout, and riparian planting. It is open
to students who have completed any of the 5-day shortcourses (in MD, UT,
or CA).
Tracy Katelman
Executive Director
Alliance for
Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
POB 1361, Eureka, CA
95502
Office: 840 E Street, Suite 5, Eureka Labor Temple
Phone/FAX:
707-498-4481
Mobile: 707-845-8579
tra-@asje.org
www.asje.org
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