This five day introductory course emphasizes the inter-relatedness of hydrology, hydraulics, sediment transport, geomorphology, aquatic ecology, fisheries, and riparian ecology. The course involves formal lectures, computer-based exercises, and field exercises. Part 1 instructors strive to integrate the practice of stream management 
and restoration with modern riverine science and focuses on providing students an overview of recent trends and findings in the scientific literature.
The course includes daily field activities in natural and rebuilt channels. We take advantage of historical monitoring data describing riverine processes of degraded and wild streams and project performance and biological processes and trends at restored sites.
Dates and Cost
The 2010 short course in Logan will take place on July 12-16. The course fee is $1,600 and includes lunches, snacks and drinks for all five days, dinner one evening, a course binder and transportation to the field sites.
Example of Information Covered in Part 1
- Emerging challenges for stream restoration science, initiatives and directions for improving restoration practice
- A global perspective on stream restoration practice
- The linkage between watershed land use and channel form; characterization of stream-flow and its alteration
- Strategies and protocols for assessing channel and ecosystem conditions
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Principles in the application of landscape design to stream restoration Watershed sediment supply, alluvial sediment, types of sediment, types of channels, and types of problems
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View the 2008 Course Outline
Past Field Exercises
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Summit Creek in Mac Park
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Big Creek near Randolph, UT
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Temple Fork and Spawn Creek
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East Fork Little Bear River
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Provo River Restoration Project