2008 Symposium Presentations
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Monday, February 4th (Short Courses)
Designing Pool and Riffle Streams -- Instructor: Bob Newbury, Newbury Hydraulics
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Tuesday, February 5th
Opening Address: The Very Hungry River: Lessons from the Spectacular Geomorphic Response of the Sandy River to Removal of Marmot Dam Start of page 
Gordon Grant, PNW Research Lab, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, Oregon: The Very Hungry River: Lessons from the Spectacular Geomorphic Response of the Sandy River to Removal of Marmot Dam
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Session 1: Hydraulic Modeling for River Restoration in the 21st Century Start of page
Linking fisheries and hydrologic modeling to optimize low flow conditions for steelhead and
Chinook salmon in tributary basins of Napa County, CA. -- Jeremy Kobor
Using 2D hydraulic models for baseline assessment and alternatives analysis of restoration &
bank protection projects -- Erik Rowland
Improvements in the hydraulic analysis of retrofit culverts -- Margaret Lang
Lessons learned on the Feather River levee setback project: using 2-dimensional modeling to
envision functional floodplain landscapes -- John Stofleth
Quantifying reductions of mass-failure frequency and sediment loadings from streambanks --
Andrew Simon
Session 2: Restoration Context -- Considerations of Scale, Biological and Geomorphic
Context, and Societal Value
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Addressing Multi-Scale Watershed Problems With Local Channel Enhancements: Are We on
the Restoration Path? -- Brian Cluer
Setting river restoration goals: the context of catchment change -- Matt Kondolf
Process-based principles for restoring dynamic river ecosystems -- Tim Beechie
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Alluvial landscape response to climate change in glacial rivers and the implications to river
restoration -- Tim Abbe
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>Session 3: Case Studies Start of page
What willows can do for you – a case study in soil bioengineering streambank protection -- J.
Chris Hoag
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Cheakamus River side channel re-watering project -- Peter Frederiksen
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Modeling salmon recovery with Life Cycle Analyses -- Anne Mullan
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Strategic prioritization of urban stream restoration based on salmon habitat preferences --
Willis E. (Chip) McConnaha
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Wednesday, February 6th
Design Methods A: Floodplain Restoration Start of page
Design Methods A: Angela Gurnell, King's College, London: Plants as riparian engineers
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Session 4: Poster Presentations Start of page
Poster Session Combined PDF
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Session 5: Floodplain Restoration Start of page
Restoration design for rerouted watercourses -- Colin Thorne
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Vegetating channel constrictors using wetland plants -- Katie Salsbury
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East Powell Butte floodplain restoration project -- Brownwood phase -- Maggie Skenderian
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Floodplain response to a large levee removal project on the Raging River -- John Bethel
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Session 6: Guidelines for the Engineered Placement of Wood in Rivers Start of page
Overview of design guideline requirements for placement of large woody debris -- Ian
Mostrenko
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Performance of ELJs in Washington State: post project appraisal -- W. Barry Southerland
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Grade control and fish passage in urban stream enhancement: 3 case studies -- Matthew
Brennan
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How do logjams fail and what can we do about it? -- Tracy Drury
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Session 7: Monitoring Start of page
Kelley Creek confluence restoration monitoring -- Sean Bistoff
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Monitoring practice in California: results from the interview phase of the National River
Restoration Science Synthesis Project -- Rebecca Lave
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Evaluation of the Benewah Creek restoration project with a focus on the biological response --
Johanna Weston
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A review of current practice in restoration monitoring -- Patricia F. McDowell
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Thursday, February 7th
Design Methods C: Ed Keller Start of page
Design Methods C: Ed Keller, Environmental Studies Program and Department of Earth
Science, University of California, Santa Barbara: Endangered southern steelhead in small
mountain streams of Southern California: it's all about geology and boulder LREs
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Session 8: Stream Restoration by Tribes and First Nations
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Nez Perce Tribe watershed restoration program -- Emmit Taylor Jr.
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Bringing the bottom-up: restoring floodplain connectivity in Tepee Creek -- Will Conley
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Meeting tribal resource objectives through restoration of an incised stream reach -- Angelo Vitale
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Session 9: Restoration of Large Alluvial Rivers Start of page
Concepts for large river restorations: experience from the Danube -- Fritz Schiemer
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Analysis of current and historical sediment loads in the Mississippi River to support restoration of
the delta -- Oliver Harmar
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Restoring the River Rhine in the Netherlands: achievements and challenges -- Henk P. Wolfert
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Restoring the Columbia River: working within the realm of the possible -- Janine M. Castro and
Kelley Jorgensen
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Session 10: Panel Discussion: The 3 "R"s of Professional Restoration: Registration,
Rules, and Responsibility Start of page
Professional Geologists -- Steve Taylor -- Chair of the Oregon State Board of Geologist
Examiners
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Professional Engineers -- Stuart Albright -- Past Member of Oregon State Board of Examiners
for Engineering and Land Surveying
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Professional Landscape Architects -- Jim Figurski -- Member of Oregon State Landscape
Architect Board
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Closing Address: Dirt -- The Erosion of Civilizations Start of page
Dave Montgomery, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University
of Washington, Seattle: Dirt -- The Erosion of Civilizations