[env-trinity] Fw: River Restoration Website and Shortcourse Update

[Tom Stokely]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Kondolf" <kondolf at berkeley.edu>
To: "Matt Kondolf" <kondolf at berkeley.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:06 AM
Subject: River Restoration Website and Shortcourse Update


>
> We are pleased to announce the launch of a new website hosting 
> river-restoration research occurring at UCB and beyond –
>
> restoration.ced.berkeley.edu
>
> The website includes links to:
>
> • current restoration symposiums and conferences,
> • independent research and dissertations related to river restoration,
> • results of the California node’s research in the National River 
> Restoration Science Synthesis (NRSSS),
> • recently published papers on restoration science,
> • courses on and off-campus in watershed science and planning, and
> • jobs, grants, and post-doctoral opportunities in the field
>
>
> Some spots are still available for the shortcourse:
> GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS FOR RIVER AND STREAM RESTORATION
>
> August 13-17, 2007
> Sagehen Creek Field Station near Lake Tahoe, California
>
> For more information and registration form:
> restoration.ced.berkeley.edu/shortcourse or
> http://landscape.ced.berkeley.edu/~kondolf/shortcourse/
>
> For questions, please contact restoration_shortcourse at 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.
>
> 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, CH2M HILL; Shannah Anderson, 
> Univ California Berkeley; Matt Kiesse, River Run Consulting; Jim 
> Litchfield, Truckee River Foundation; Tom Taylor, ENTRIX, Inc.; Ken Adams, 
> Desert Research Institute
>
> 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 28 to provide 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.
>
> LODGING FOR THE COURSE
> 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.
>
> 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 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).
>
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