Introduction to Stream Restoration and Bank Stabilization Course Objectives Through attending this course, participants will: Learn innovative riparian and stream stabilization and restoration techniques Learn the hows and whys of the various restoration / stabilization methods Learn when to select the various methods for bank protection / restoration Learn how to avoid common mistakes during design and construction Earn Continuing Education Credits (CEC's) Course Schedule and Outline Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 7:30 AM - Course Registration 8:00 AM - Course Begins Mid-morning Break(s) 12:00 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch (provided*) Mid-afternoon Break(s) 5:00 PM - Finish Day 1 8:00 AM - Course Begins Mid-morning Break(s) 12:00 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch (provided*) Mid-afternoon Break(s) 5:00 PM - Finish Day 2 8:00 AM - Field Trip Begins** Lunch Break (provided*) 4:00 PM - Field Trip Ends Day 1 Introduction -Philosophy of Restoration and the Approach to Stream Restoration and Stabilization -Checklist / List of How to Aproach Restoration and Design -Project Goals - Selection and Mesurement -Future Trends in Stream Resoration Fundamentals of Stream Design and Fluvial Geomorphology -Watershed and Stream as an Integrated System -Channel Form and Processes, Lane's Relationship -The Channel Evolution Model (CEM) -Effects of Land Use, Urbanization, Channel Modification -Causes and Types or Streambank Failure (with break) -Local vs. Systemic Problems -Geomorphology -Types of Streams -Stream Behavior -Data Needs for Restoration Methods of Protection / Restoration Streambank Protection Methods I Traditional Resistive Techniques -Riprap, LPSTP, LFSTO, etc... Streambank Protection Methods II Redirective Techniques -Indirect, Discontinuous, and Redirective Methods: Retards, Permeable Dikes, Jacks, Vane Dikes, Impermeable Contraction Dikes, Spur Dikes - (both high & low and long & short), L-Head and T-Head Dikes, Downstream Angled Structures, Rock Vanes, the Bendway Weir, and Combinations of Redirective and Resistive Methods Day 2 Streambank Protection Methods III -Bioengineering Philosophy and Streambank Protection - Methods Using Native Plants Day 3 -Field Trip to view Restoration and Stabalization Techniques CLICK HERE TO REQUEST MORE INFORMATION