This 2-day course is a hands-on, field based course focused on in-the-field implementation of "low tech" stream restoration, and spend most of our time in the field building and maintaining Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs) and Post-Assisted Log-Structures (PALS). This course is designed for individuals/groups that are responsible for implementing the restoration designs of more experienced practitioners. We will focus on interpreting and understanding restoration design through applied understanding of basic low tech principles and focus on logistic considerations and construction methods of a variety of restoration structures. This workshop focuses on two low tech stream restoration structures, BDAs and PALS.
Sediment Transport in Stream Restoration and Design is intended for those who wish to understand and apply the principles of sediment transport to alluvial channel assessment and design. Principles of open channel flow and sediment transport are combined with watershed-scale, hydrologic and sediment source analysis to place channel assessment and design in the appropriate context. Tools for estimating sediment supply at the watershed to reach level are applied in class exercises. Threshold and alluvial channel design methods are presented along with guidelines for assessing and incorporating uncertainty. The course balances advance reading, lecture, field work, and hands-on exercises for estimating sediment supply, calculating sediment transport rates, and forecasting channel response to water and sediment supply. This course is intended for participants who are familiar with basic principles of river geomorphology.
Online February 18-April 19 and Field intensive May 6-10, 2019. $1750, early bird $875
Students in Wetland Ecology and Management (CEWA 6310) will gain factual knowledge and learn fundamental principles related to wetland ecology including: types of wetlands; wetland ecosystem functions and services; threats to and impacts on wetlands; wetland policy and mitigation; wetland hydrology, chemistry, and soils; wetland plant adaptations and community dynamics; wetland bird ecology and diversity; wetland delineation; and wetland hydrologic, vegetation, and avian management. Students will also learn to apply course materials towards solving problems in the context of wetland management in the Intermountain West
April 2-4, 2019 in and around Logan Utah. Cost: $875
The Beaver Translocation Workshop is a three-day hands-on, field-based workshop designed for practitioners to learn how to interact with and manage beavers that are occupying sensitive areas and to relocate them to areas where they are wanted for stream restoration. This course is designed for individuals and groups who are interested in live trapping and relocating beaver for stream restoration. It is anticipated that this course will meet the training requirements of the State of Utah’s live beaver trapping certification.
April 30-May 3, cost: $1650.
Optional 1-day survey instruction April 29, $350
Within Geomorphic Change Detection Join us to learn the latest version of the GCD Software, meet the GCD development team and take your data further in the first public GCD Workshop in two years. Over five days you will be taught change detection fundamentals as well a deep dive into the new features of the completely overhauled GCD 7 software. Existing GCD users are encouraged to bring their own topographic data. Project-based sessions are scheduled during which the instruction team will be available to answer questions and help take your GCD use to the next level. Example datasets will be provided for new GCD users.
May 10 - 13, cost: $500 + ~$90 for CEU credits for professionals.
Students in Using Drones for Environmental Restoration will gain factual knowledge and learn fundamental principles related to wetland ecology including: types of wetlands; wetland ecosystem functions and services; threats to and impacts on wetlands; wetland policy and mitigation; wetland hydrology, chemistry, and soils; wetland plant adaptations and community dynamics; wetland bird ecology and diversity; wetland delineation; and wetland hydrologic, vegetation, and avian management. Students will also learn to apply course materials towards solving problems in the context of wetland management in the Intermountain West.
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In Field Botany, Learn to apply course material to improve problem solving and decisions. Students will collaborate in identifying plants and orally communicate ideas. Demonstrate skills and knowledge gained during the week by participating in group discussions, field exercises, data collection, and presentations. Gain factual knowledge (terminology, classification). Become familiar with botanical terminology and features of commonly encountered plant families and genera in wetland and riparian systems, especially in the Poaceae (grasses), Cyperaceae (sedges), and Juncaceae (rushes). Use dichotomous keys for identification of plants in the field. Recognize dominant plant communities in wetland areas. Develop specific skills, competencies, and points of view needed by professionals in the field most closely related to this course.