Logan, Utah
http://uwrl.usu.edu/streamrestoration/
The course involves formal lectures, computer-based
exercises, and
field excursions. The course emphasizes instruction in
the conceptual
foundation and principles as well as use of computer
tools in restoration design. Part I covers
environmental river management and restoration,
emphasizing principles of fluvial geomorphology and
their applications. Taught by leading researchers and
practitioners in the field, the course incorporates
current research findings and innovative management
approaches. The course emphasizes understanding and
measurement of geomorphic processes, linkages to
ecological processes, basic sediment transport
relations and transport rate estimates, as well as
geomorphological field techniques and interpretation
of maps and aerial photographs, effects of human
activities on geomorphic processes and channel form,
and development of management and restoration
strategies based upon an understanding of the
underlying cause of channel change in rivers, rather
than prescriptive approaches.