[watershedmanagers] Fluvial geomorphology and stream restoration short course announcement

[News and discussion forum for watershed managers in Maine]

Field Geology Services is pleased to offer a three-day online short 
course entitled "Using Fluvial Geomorphology to Improve Stream 
Restoration and Watershed Management."  Given the positive response from 
participants in past years, the course will be offered twice during 2024 
- first from April 30-May 2, 2024 and second from November 18-20, 2024.  
An optional virtual field trip will follow each short course on May 3 
and November 21, 2024.  This course covers the basic principles of 
fluvial geomorphology and their use in watershed assessments and the 
design of stream restoration projects.  The virtual field trip will be 
to the Chesapeake Bay region with additional locations potentially added 
based on the interests of course registrants.  The course is being 
organized and hosted by the River Management Society (RMS).  A brief 
course description is found below with more details available on the RMS 
website along with registration information and pricing: 
https://rms.memberclicks.net/april-2024-fluvial-geomorphology (a link to 
the November course for registration is on this page but the general 
information other than the dates is all the same).

Feel free to call me at 207-491-9541 or e-mail jfield at field-geology.com 
for further information on registration or course content.  An early 
registration discount is available prior to March 30th (for the 
April-May course) and October 18th (for the November course).  An 
additional discount is available for RMS members (and for those that 
join during registration).  Please call or email regarding additional 
discounts for students and groups of three or more.  We look forward to 
seeing you in one of the courses!  Please pass this announcement to 
others that might be interested in the course.

Thank you,

Dr. John Field

Using Fluvial Geomorphology to Improve Stream Restoration and Watershed 
Management

This 3-day short course (from 10am-5pm Eastern Time each day) with an 
optional virtual field trip will provide an overview of fluvial 
geomorphology with a thorough discussion of key concepts such as the 
principles of equilibrium, channel classification methods, channel 
evolution, and sediment transport capacity.  A number of examples and 
case studies from New England, the Pacific Northwest, the Chesapeake Bay 
region and elsewhere in the country will demonstrate how an 
understanding of fluvial geomorphology can be used in watershed 
assessments to identify the underlying causal mechanisms for erosion and 
flooding problems responsible for significant infrastructure damage and 
environmental degradation.  Additional case studies will be used to 
reveal common errors made in stream restoration projects when the basic 
principles of fluvial geomorphology are not taken into consideration. 
The course will conclude with a discussion of the appropriate settings 
and conditions within which to employ a variety of widely used stream 
restoration techniques.  The virtual field trip will visit degraded 
streams where future restoration projects may be completed and to 
already completed stream restoration sites in order to illustrate and 
reinforce the fluvial geomorphology concepts and stream restoration 
techniques discussed in the course.

The short course will consist of visual presentations, small group 
exercises, and activities that will provide participants with practical 
experiences and examples to recognize unstable channel reaches in a 
watershed and identify the most appropriate stream restoration 
techniques that will best address the identified instabilities, if 
present.  The course is designed for government officials, environmental 
and engineering consultants, construction contractors, non-profit 
watershed groups, educators, students, and others dealing with flooding, 
erosion, nutrient loading, and habitat issues along rivers and streams.

-- 
John Field, PhD, PG (Maine)
Field Geology Services, LLC
P.O. Box 824
Portland, ME  04104
USA
Phone: 207-491-9541
Email: jfield at field-geology.com
Web: www.field-geology.com [1]

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