Jan 30thJan 31stFeb 1stFeb 2nd
Short Courses
Welcome
Janine Castro, President RRNW
Opening Address
Bob Beschta – Trophic cascades: How riparian and aquatic ecosystems can be degraded by ungulates when large predators are extirpated
Session 1: Large Wood
- Spatial Patterns of Streambed Morphology around Woody Debris: Flume Experiments and Field Observations on the Effects of Woody Debris on Streambed Morphology – Vivian Leung and David Montgomery
- Large wood and recreation safety; when will the other shoe drop? – Leif Embertson and John Monahan
- Boater Safety Considerations for Placing In-stream Woody Debris: Perspectives From a Recreational Rafter and Restoration Practitioner – Will Conley
Session 2: Trinity River
- Process-Based Restoration Design and Implementation on the Trinity River – Embracing Uncertainty and Learning from Progress – David (DJ) Bandrowski
- Quantifying Habitat and Sediment Transport in a Restoration Design – An Example from the Trinity River, CA – Daniel Malmon, Steve Clayton, Ryan Mitchell, and Joe Young
- Modeling High-flow Coarse Sediment Injections in the Trinity River – Dave Gaeuman
- Implementing an 11,000 cfs Release to Induce Geomorphic Change on the Trinity River – Andreas Krause
Invited Speaker
Bob Jarrett – Forty Years of Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Geomorphologic Research in Mountain Streams
Session 3: Sediment Transport
- Restoration Framework and Sediment Transport Basics – Pete Klingeman
- Application of Sediment Transport Concepts to Improve Stream Restoration Projects – Paul Bakke
- Moderated Discussion – Pete Klingeman, Paul Bakke, Bob Jarret, and Peter Wilcox led by Colin Thorne
Session 4: Research and Science of Restoration
- The Outdoor StreamLab: Field-scale Experiments with Laboratory Precision to Inform Numerical Modeling and Stream Restoration Science – Jessica L. Kozarek, C. Hill, D. Baker, K. Guentzel, M. Hondzo, F. Sotiropoulos
- Effects of sediment pulses on bed relief in bar-pool channels – John Zunka and Stephen Lancaster
- Engineered Log Jams and River Erosion: A Flume Experiment – Meghan Thompson and Maeve McBride
Invited Speaker
Ellen Wohl – Steep Streams: What’s New, What’s Problematic
Session 5: Restoration of Steep Streams
- Velocity Prediction in High-Gradient Channels – Steven Yochum
- Alamo to the Sea: Perspectives on the Design of Step-Pool Stream Channel Segments- Michael Burke, Shawn Chartrand, and Andrew Collison
- Towards a Greater Understanding of the Biological-Physical Interactions in Step-Pool Streams: A Guide for Future Restoration Efforts – Alison O’Dowd and Anne Chin
Session 6: Poster Session
| Patricia Olson, Tim Abbe, Mary Ann Reinhart, Eric Harlow, Jodie Lamb, and Shawn Higgins | Channel Migration Mapping to Support Shoreline Master Program Updates in Washington State |
| Stephen Cruise and Janet Oatney | Coexisting with beavers while protecting our roadways – resolving the conflict between engineers |
| Kevin Tabata | Floodplain Architecture for a Naturalized Channel |
| Richard L. Christian | The Lochsa Project |
| Wesley Lauer, Caitlyn Echterling, Milada Majerova, and Peter Wilcock | Geomorphic and Sediment Transport Analysis Supporting Restoration of the Walker River, Nevada |
| Marisa Lee, Tracy Drury, and Terry Bruegman | A System-Wide Approach to Habitat Restoration on the Tucannon River, Columbia County, Washington |
| Megan Hilgart and Tara Davis | Community Engagement in Dam Removal on the Calapooia River |
| Daniel Malmon, Ed Moreen, Paul Burnet, Ryan Mitchell1, Steve Clayton, Heather Rectenwald, Gretchen Gee, and Steve Demus, and Huckleberry Palmer | Channel-Floodplain Sediment Dynamics and the Redistribution of Contaminated Mine wastes in the Lower Coeur d’Alene River, Idaho |
| Natalie Beckman and Ellen Wohl | Flushed Away: Linking Carbon Storage and Log Jams in Colorado’s Front Range |
| Liz Gilliam, Ian Pryor and Robert Spateholts | Lower deschutes river gravel augmentation study: year four |
| Tim Abbe, Elizabeth Ablow, Scott Powell, David Chapin and Abigail Hook | Channel and Floodplain Restoration Downstream of Dams: A Success Story from the South Fork Tolt River, WA |
| Barbara Burkholder | PRRSUM: Tracking the Pulse of River Restoration in the Midwest |
| Chad Krofta, Tim Abbe , and Charley Miller | Restoration of Ohop Creek and Ohop Valley near Eatonville, WA: a Case Study of an Implemented Channel Remeandering Design |
| Maureen Raad | Restoring Channel and Spruce Willow Swamp Habitats at the Tidal-Riverine Interface on the Miami River |
| Robes Parrish and John Jorgensen | Hancock Spring Channel Restoration |
| Frank Gariglio and Daniele Tonina | Quantifying hyporheic exchange over a long time scale using heat as a tracer in Bear Valley Creek, Idaho, USA |
| Miranda Plumb | Celebrating 20 Years: Evolution of a Fisheries Restoration Program in Southwest Washington |
| Tyler Joki and Margaret Magruder | Challenges, Constraints and Opportunities of Columbia River Floodplain Restoration and Conservation Practices |
| Chet Hagen | Prioritizing roads for decommissioning: An integrative watershed scale approach to maximize multiple benefits on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest |
| David Lindley, Nicolas Romero and Will Conley | Rapid Aquatic Habitat Assessment Protocol (RAHAP) |
| Tom Schadt, Vern Chamberlain, Paul Schlenger, Bob Montgomery, and Jeff Osborn | Chelan River Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Project |
| Imran Khan and Paul Villard | Spatial evaluation of biohabitat conditions for channel naturalization designs |
Session 7: Restoration Techniques in Practice – Part 1
- Predicting Hydromodification Impacts and Developing Mitigation Using a Four Factor Approach – Judd Goodman
- Emulating Beaver in Floodplain Restoration – Paul DeVries, Angelo Vitale, and Kevin Fetherston
- Engineered Log Jam Planting Designs: Theory, Applications and Three Years of Results from the Quinault River Restoration Alder Creek Project – Kevin Fetherston, James Plampin, and Bill Armstrong
- Evaluation of Stream Restoration Designs with Respect to Floodplain Management Regulations – Adam Zucker
Session 8: Restoration Techniques in Practice – Part 2, Habitat
- Tidal Marsh Restoration – Do More or Do Less? A Discussion of Restoration Techniques for Recently Constructed Tidal Reconnection Projects – Curtis Loeb, Merri Martz, and Matt Van Ess
- Climate Change and Chinook Salmon Habitat in High-Mountain Headwater Streams in the Pacific Northwest – Jeff Reader, Frank Gariglio, and Jeff Reeder
- Effectiveness Monitoring at Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales to Quantify Biotic and Abiotic Responses to Stream Enhancement – Nicolas Romero, David Lindley, and Will Conley
- Influence of geology and implications for coho habitat restoration: a case study on sediment loads from two adjacent watersheds in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California – Brian Hastings and Shawn Chartrand
Invited Speaker
Colin Thorne and Pete Dickerson – Mutually Inclusive: Flood Foresight, Hydropower and Restoration in the Columbia River Treaty Review
Session 9: Urban Streams
- Analysis and Design Techniques for Fish Passage in urban streams: Case Study SF Steele Creek; Kitsap County WA – Jenna Friebel
- Effects of Vegetation in Channels: Vegetation Interactions with Channel Processes and Potential Application to the Lower Boise River – Jeff Reeder and Frank Gariglio
- A Landscape- and Land-Use-Driven Stream Sediment Cleanup and Near Shore Habitat Restoration Program along an Urban Inland Northwest River – John Roland, Zachary Hedgpeth, and Brendan Dowling
Session 10: Planning and Assessment
- Oregon Compensatory Stream Mitigation Framework: Driver for Restoration – Tracie-Lynn Nadeau and Peter Skidmore
- From Tahoma to Tacoma: Using basin-scale planning to restore the Puyallup River Watershed, Washington – Jenna Scholz, Tim Abbe, Jack Bjork, and Lorin Reinelt
- CFAAR: A new conceptual framework to guide development of stream corridor enhancement plans –Shawn Chartrand
- Freeing the Calapooia River: Lessons learned from community process on dam removal decision making – Denise Hoffert-Hay
Session 11: Large Wood – Effectiveness
- Monitoring Effectiveness of Log Structures in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon – Patricia F. McDowell
- Effectiveness of Engineered Log Jams in Reducing Bank-Erosion Rates to the Great Barrier Reef: An Example from the O’Connell River, Queensland, Australia – Andrew Simon, Andrew Brooks and Natasha Pollen-Bankhead
- 12 Years of Restoration the Lower Elwha River, WA – Mike McHenry and Tim Abbe
Closing Address – Invited Speaker
Mike Furniss – Integrating climate change in restoration planning and design
Closing Remarks
Rob Sampson, Incoming RRNW President