Symposium Short Courses
(SC-1) Short Course 1 (THIS COURSE IS FULL)
Title: Designing Pool and Riffle Streams
Instructor: Bob Newbury, Newbury Hydraulics
Moderators: Janine Castro, Marjorie Wolfe
Class Limit: 30
Description: Pool and riffle profiles may be constructed in degraded streams to restore floodplain access, create aquatic habitats and provide fish passage continuity. The basic theory of rapidly varied local hydraulics will be reviewed and a stepped-channel design for a man-made salmonid stream on the West Coast will be developed by longhand in class. The project components will then be demonstrated using three programs; HEC-RAS, FishXing and Chute. Other designs for fish passage and freshwater habitats with backup notes will be presented as well.
A CD with programs, design solutions and course notes will be available as a handout. The programs are freeware and may be downloaded in advance for those wishing to start early by reviewing their sample projects and instructions. A laptop computer is not necessary in the one day course but many have found it useful to load the CD examples and make notes as the results appear on screen.
HEC-RAS: www.hec.usace.army.mil/software
FishXing: www.stream.fs.fed.us/fishxing
Chute: www.toolkit.net.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/toolkit
(SC-2) Short Course 2
Title: Application of Regime Models to Reach-Scale Channel Morphology
Instructors: Brett Eaton and Rob Millar, University of British Columbia
Moderators: Elaine Mayer, Kelley Jorgensen
Class Limit: 40
Description: This one-day short course provides a hands-on introduction to the UBC Regime Model. The UBCRM is based on solution of set of equations describing flow resistance, sediment transport and bank stability. Two versions of the model will be presented: a numerical, spread-sheet based version, Regi_mod.xls, and simplified analytical solutions, which are contained in a separate worksheet in the same Excel file. Participants are encouraged to download and test the program Regi_mod.xls on a laptop that they will bring to the course. The program can be found at:
LINK (Opens New Window) -or- http://www.geog.ubc.ca/~beaton/downloads.html
Following presentation of the background concepts, the models will be used to consider several case studies, examining the sensitivity of a system to disturbances including changes in discharge, sediment load and riparian vegetation, and to the design of restored alluvial channels.
The target audience will have some familiarity with fluvial geomorphology, open channel hydraulics and sediment transport, as well as an appreciation for the range of disturbances to which stream channels are often subjected.
(SC-3) Short Course 3
Title: Vegetative Considerations for Streambank Soil Bioengineering Treatments Used in Riparian Restoration
Instructors: Chris Hoag and Jon Fripp, USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center
Moderator: Rob Sampson
Class Limit: 60
This workshop is a 1 day short course which will spend all day in the classroom. This workshop is an introduction to Bioengineering treatments. It includes a short review of stream dynamics, hydrology, hydraulics, sediment transport, riparian vegetation concepts, principles behind using bioengineering treatments, and riparian plant propagation. The workshop includes the presentation of a variety of streambank soil bioengineering practices which the instructors can provide a first hand account of their design and installation.
This is more of a beginning to intermediate course. This course is suitable for people who have never used bioengineering for streambank erosion control and/or those who desire to learn more about riparian zones and how they function. This course is not suitable for those people who have a lot of experience working in riparian zones using bioengineering principles. There will be some basic engineering formulas, but no in-depth discussion of them. Since bioengineering involves using riparian plants to increase the strength and structure of the soil to reduce streambank erosion, there will be a good discussion of riparian plants and how they grow.