Upcoming Events
Fall 2025 Short Course - Partnering with Beaver in River Restoration: Beaver Analogs, Beaver Coexistence, and More
OCTOBER 2025
Join us as we welcome a ‘dream team’ of instructors for our upcoming 3-day short course at Mt St Helens Eco Park Resort.
Instructors: Emily Fairfax, Ph.D., Chris Jordan, Ph.D., Colin Thorne, Ph.D., and Alexa Whipple
Dates: October 7-9, 2025
Location: Eco Park Resort, Toutle, Washington
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Fall 2025 Short Course - Foundational Facilitation
OCTOBER 2025
Join us for an upcoming 2-day short course on learning foundational facilitation skills and practical methods to lead groups better when things are challenging and complex.
Instructor: Maggie Chumbley
Dates: October 29-30, 2025
Location: Ecotrust Building, Portland, Oregon
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2026 RRNW Symposium
FEBRUARY 2026
Short Courses: Monday, February 2, 2026
3-Day Symposium: Tuesday-Thursday, February 3-5, 2026
Field Trip: Friday, February 6, 2026
Learn more at 2026 Symposium Logistics and FAQs
2026 Attendance Options:
📍 In-person: Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA
📍 *NEW* Virtual Livestream: Full 3-Day Symposium Plenary Sessions (via Zoom Webinar)
Past Events
RRNW HAPPY HOUR IN SEATTLE
JUNE 2025
Join River Restoration Northwest for a summer Happy Hour on June 26, 2025 at Stoup Brewing – Capitol Hill in Seattle! Come reconnect with colleagues, meet new people in the river restoration community, and enjoy a drink with great company. Everyone is welcome!
2025 RRNW SYMPOSIUM
February 2025
The 23rd annual symposium was in Skamania, WA, Feb 3-7, 2025.
Recordings of our Invited Speakers from the 2025 Symposium are now available.
2024 FALL SHORT COURSES
October 2024
HEC-RAS Courses:
BOISE SPEAKER SERIES
June 6, 2024
Join us as we welcome Dr. Daniele Tonina, Rob Richardson, and Dr. Anna Bergstrom for an evening discussing hyporheic flow and river restoration.
2024 RRNW SYMPOSIUM
FEBRUARY 2024
The 22nd annual symposium was in Skamania, WA, February 5-9, 2024.
PORTLAND SPEAKER SERIES
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Join us for an evening with Emilie Blevins of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation as she talks about Opportunities and Options for River Restoration and Native Freshwater Mussels.
BEAVER SHORT COURSE
OCTOBER 2023
Join us as we welcome Colin Thorne and a ‘dream team’ of instructors including (alphabetical order) Emily Fairfax, Chris Jordan, and Alexa Whipple for our upcoming three-day Short Course hosted by Dawn and Mark Smith at Mt St Helens EcoPark - October 4-6, 2023.
VIRTUAL SHORT COURSE
APRIL 2023
The main objective of this short course is to develop the skills and knowledge needed to undertake simple remote sensing analyses of any riparian zones. In order to practice using remote sensing tools, we will work through case studies that focus on identifying and monitoring the impacts of beaver activity within riparian zones in the western US.
This workshop will guide participants through the process of finding and analyzing several types of publicly available remote sensing data, and then explore how that data can be used to monitor ecohydrologic changes in riparian corridors over space and time. After learning the basics of riparian remote sensing, we will practice in a case study of how beaver activity affected the climate resilience of riparian zones.
APRIL 5TH FROM 5PM TO 9PM
We are back!! Please join us at Lucky Lab Brewery in Portland for our first post-covid speaker series on Wednesday, April 5th from 5 to 9pm. The event is free to attend! Arrive between 5 and 6pm to buy pizza and drinks and mingle. The speaker begins at 6pm.
John will talk about the multiple facets of river restoration in the Willamette Valley and some of the approaches and the lessons he has learned through this work.
2023 RRNW SYMPOSIUM
FEBRUARY 6-10, 2023
The 21st annual RRNW symposium was held in Skamania, WA with a diverse and interesting array of sessions and invited speakers. Highlights include a full day dedicated to the idea of Restoration as Resilience and a special session on charismatic mega-flora (cottonwoods!). We also had fantastic talks from our invited speakers covering climate change impacts on PNW rivers, the slow water movement, and learning from indigenous connections to the land. This symposium also included a special message from NPS director Chuck Sams. For archived presentations visit our presentation portal. The digital binder for the symposium can be viewed here.