9 am - 5 pm

Optional Short Courses (Preregistration Required)

Full-Day Short Course:

Analyzing Bank Stability – Andrew Simon

Half-Day Short Courses:

Integrated Streambank Protection Guidelines – Moderators: Merri Martz and Greg Koonce

Board of Directors Meeting

Advance-Arrival Lodge Overnight Accommodations

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome: Frank Groznik, RRNW President

Opening Address: Dave Buchannan, Tyee Winery –
“Landowner Viewpoint on Landowners and Restoration”

Design Methods A: Peter Goodwin, University of Idaho –
“Muddling Through Modeling”

Moderator: Janine M. Castro, RRNW Board Member

Session 1:  Hydraulic Modeling Tools

Moderator: Brian Cluer, RRNW Regional Director, California

Hydraulic Analysis of Instream Structures and Channel Rehabilitation Projects Using HEC-RAS
Sean Welch
 
FishXing 3: Software for Modeling Fish Passage and Culvert Hydraulics for the Assessment and Design of Stream Crossings
Antonio Llanos and Michael Love

Group Buffet Lunch & Prize Drawing

Session 2: Visualization Techniques

Moderator: Anne MacDonald, RRNW Regional Director, Oregon

Using 3D GIS Visualization to Explore Dam Removal on the Snake & Elwha Rivers, Washington

Presentation with embedded animations ( 9.3 mgs)

Ross Freeman

Exploring Techniques to Present Multidimensional Technical Information:  A Visual Approach
Jeffrey Guntle and Antonio Llanos

Design Methods B: Craig Fischenich, Hydraulic Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS –" Stable Channel Design Methods – Theory, Practice and Pitfalls"

Moderator: Pete Klingeman, RRNW Board Member

Break

Session 3:  Meander Reconstruction

Moderator: Dave Maurer, BLM, Roseburg, OR

Large Scale Stream Channel and Flood Plain Rehabilitation of Resurrection Creek Near Hope, Alaska
Brian Bair and David Blanchet

Bair/Blanchet Presentation Section A
Bair/Blanchet Presentation Section B
Bair/Blanchet Presentation Section C

Geomorphic Meander Restoration of Incised and Aggraded Systems in the Blue Mountain Range in Washington State
Barry Southerland

Adjourn for Day

Poster Session with Hosted Reception Bar

Group Buffet Dinner & Prize Drawing

Mardi Gras Party

MC, Bern Klatte, RRNW Board Member

Continental Breakfast

Design Methods C: Thomas Quinn, University of Washington –
"The Production of Anadromous Salmonids from Streams: Behavioral and Population-Level Perspectives"

Design Methods D: Hiram Li, Oregon State University –
"Recovering Species from a Community Perspective: Connecting Stephen A. Forbes and the Endangered Species Act"

Moderator: Greg Koonce, RRNW Board Member

Break

Session 4:  Fish Habitat I

Moderator: Elaine Mayer, RRNW Regional Director, Alaska

Coho Salmon Smolt Production from Constructed and Natural Floodplain Habitats
Phil Roni and Sarah Morley
 
If you build it, will they come?  Spawning Habitat Restoration Project Preplanning, Site Evaluation, Feasibility and Design Considerations for Chum Salmon
Kelley Jorgensen

Lamprey Conservation Guidance for Instream Activities
Bianca Streif

Box Lunches

Optional Video: Williams Creek

Session 5:  Fish Habitat II

Moderator: Simon Page, RRNW Regional Director, Washington

Clackamas River Side Channels: Habitat Enhancement Project
Michael McAllister and Todd Alsbury

Restoration of Endangered Sucker Habitat on Private Lands in the SpragueRiver Watershed:  Challenges, Designs and Monitoring
Faye Weekley

Break

Session 6: The “100-Year” Flood 

Moderator: Holly Walla, RRNW Board Member

The National Evaluation of the One-Percent (100-Year) Flood Standard and Potential Implications on Stream Restoration Projects
Kevin Coulton

Is a Riparian Restoration Still Viable After “100-year” Storm Events Alter the Original Design?
Sarah Cooke

Adjourn for Day

RRNW Annual Members Meeting and Elections

RRNW Suite

Social Hour and No-Host Bar

Group Buffet Banquet Dinner and Prize Drawing

MC: Frank Groznik, RRNW President

After-Dinner Presentation: Kathleen Dean Moore, Oregon State University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Author of River Walking: Reflections on Moving Water

Continental Breakfast

Design Methods E: Sue Niezgoda–
“A Cost-Based Risk Assessment Method for Selecting Stream Restoration Design Alternatives”

Moderator: Rob Sampson, RRNW Regional Director, Idaho

Session 7:  Risk in Restoration

Moderator: Kelley Jorgenson, URS Corporation, Portland, OR

Daybreak Dike Removal from the East Fork Lewis River
Karen Streeter

Kelley Creek Confluence Restoration
Janet Corsale and Holly Walla

Issues of Risk in Stream/Wetland Restoration in the Northwest
Krey Price and Merri Martz

Break

Session 8: Construction Techniques

Moderator: MIke Miles, RRNW Regional Director, British Columbia

Lower Coeur d’Alene River Bank Stabilization Pilots
Erik Ryan and Susan Firor

Restoration Techniques for Three High Gradient Tributaries in Karnowsky Creek, Oregon Coast Range
Johan Hogervorst and Barbara Ellis-Sugai

Group Plated Lunch & Prize Drawing

Session 9:  State of the Region – What’s Going on in the PNW? 

Moderator: Sandra Orban, RRNW Regional Director, Yukon

Lessons Learned from California Restoration Practitioners and Post-Project Appraisals
Shannah Anderson

Pacific Northwest Results of the NationalRiver Restoration Science Synthesis
Robin Jenkinson and Katherine Barnas

Gravel Augmentation for Salmon Spawning Habitat Below Dams in Northern California
Toby Minear and Matt Kondolf