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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=kondolf@calmail.berkeley.edu
href="mailto:kondolf@calmail.berkeley.edu">Matt Kondolf</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=kondolf@berkeley.edu
href="mailto:kondolf@berkeley.edu">kondolf@berkeley.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 13, 2007 5:14 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Registration now open for Tahoe restoration
shortcourse</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><I>Registration is now open
for:<BR></I>GEOMORPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS FOR RIVER AND STREAM
RESTORATION<BR><BR>August 13-17, 2007 (with optional field training
August 9-11)<BR>Sagehen Creek Field Station near Lake Tahoe,
California<BR><BR>For more information and registration form:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000><B>restoration.ced.berkeley.edu/shortcourse</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>For questions, please contact <A
href="mailto:restoration_shortcourse@yahoo.com">restoration_shortcourse@yahoo.com</A>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><B><BR></B>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).<BR><BR><I>Course instructors:</I> Peter Wilcock, Johns Hopkins Univ,
Matt Kondolf, Univ. California Berkeley, Mary Power, Univ. California
Berkeley, Jack Schmidt, Utah State Univ,<BR>Mitch Swanson, Swanson
Hydrology/Geomorphology, Scott McBain, McBain & Trush,<BR>Chad Gourley, Otis
Bay LLC, Mark Tompkins, Univ California Berkeley, Shannah Anderson, Univ
California Berkeley. <BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Course details<BR> 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<I> Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology</I>. The course fee
also includes three meals per day for five days, beginning Sunday dinner through
Friday lunch, 12-17 August.</FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>GEOMORPHIC FIELD METHODS, August
9-11, 2007, Sagehen Creek Field Station nr Lake Tahoe, Calif.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000><BR>LODGING FOR SAGEHEN
COURSES</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>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).</FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>OTHER SHORTCOURSES
AVAILABLE<BR>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).<BR><BR>Ecological and Geomorphic Principles of Stream
Restoration<BR>June 4-8, 2007 Cromwell Valley Park,
Baltimore<BR>http://www.palmerlab.umd.edu/<BR>(please note - website update
coming soon)<BR><BR>Principles and Practice of Stream Restoration<BR>July 16-20,
2007 Utah State University,
Logan<BR>http://uwrl.usu.edu/streamrestoration/<BR><BR>An advanced class is
offered in Logan in August.<BR>Principles and Practice of Stream Restoration,
Part II (Design Problem)<BR>August 20-24, 2007 Utah State University,
Logan, UT<BR>http://uwrl.usu.edu/streamrestoration/<BR><BR>How These Courses
Relate<BR>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.<BR><BR>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.</FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>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).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>G. Mathias Kondolf<BR>Associate Professor of Environmental
Planning<BR>Chair, Portuguese Studies Program<BR>Dept Landscape
Architecture/Environmental Planning<BR>202 Wurster Hall, University of
California<BR>Berkeley 94720-2000<BR>tel 510 644 8381 fax 510 486
1210 <BR>kondolf@berkeley.edu</DIV></BODY></HTML>