Ida Bell Young Park Stream Restoration
Workshop Series

Sponsored by:
City of Montgomery
Auburn University
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood, Inc.
Upper Alabama River Clean Water Partnership
Auburn University Montgomery
Young Meadows Presbyterian Church
North Carolina State University
USDA CSREES Southern Region Water Program
 

Workshop Announcement (PDF)

Register now for the Ida Bell Young Park Stream Restoration Workshop Series -- Each workshop is limited to the first 35 registrants. Attendance at all workshops in the series is not mandatory.

Workshop participants will receive CEUs from Auburn University.

Stream restoration and mitigation requirements are moving more and more towards natural channel design techniques. This workshop series will follow a stream restoration project on an urban tributary located in Ida Bell Young Park, City of Montgomery, Alabama.

Introductory and advanced workshops will cover stream restoration using natural channel design. Time will be split between classroom and extensive field work, including project / data summaries and evening work sessions.

The workshop will center on Baldwin Slough, a degraded urban stream flowing through the City of Montgomery's Ida Bell Young Municipal Park. Greg Jennings, Ph.D., P.E. of North Carolina State University and representatives from Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood, Inc. will emphasize urban stream conditions specific to the southeastern U.S. Workshop instructors have experience working on more than 45 stream assessments and restoration projects throughout the Southeast.

Stream Morphology Assessment April 1-2, 2009

Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Assessment
Introduction to the Ecology and Taxonomy of EPT
(Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera)

This workshop will be rescheduled in Auburn, Alabama in late fall 2009 or spring 2010.

Benthic macroinvertebrate larvae (aquatic insects) play key roles in many regulatory water quality programs. Not only are these insects used to detect water pollution problems, but are also used to determine if streams are perennial features, and are proposed for use in stream restoration projects as success criteria. Despite the value of this group of organisms in regulatory programs, very little is known about these bugs.

This workshop will introduce the participants to the basic ecology and taxonomy of aquatic insects. The format for these three-day workshops includes lecture material, field collection of specimens using accepted protocols and laboratory identification. Most of the time will be focused on learning family level identification of mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (or EPT); however, other insect groups also will be discussed.

Stream Restoration Design May 27-28, 2009

This workshop will teach principles of natural channel design for various types of stream restoration projects. Participants will use reference reach information to develop design parameters for an urban stream scheduled for restoration in 2008. They will work through the process of designing stream channel dimension, pattern, and profile and preliminary channel layout. Other topics include sediment transport calculations, applications of in-stream structures, and habitat enhancements.

Basic understanding of stream assessment is a required prerequisite.

Vegetation for Stream and Floodplain Restoration December 9-10, 2009

This workshop will be conducted immediately following construction of an urban stream restoration project in a municipal park.Participants will learn about riparian plant selection, planting techniques for wetland and streambank vegetation, bioengineering techniques, and monitoring of riparian vegetation.

Registration Information

For more information, please email Eve Brantley at brantef@auburn.edu. Please send registration forms and fee to: Stream Restoration C/o Eve Brantley Department of Agronomy 239 Funchess Hall Auburn University, AL 36849   Sorry, no purchase orders. Checks should be made payable to Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Cancellations must be made at least 2 weeks before workshops to receive a refund.

Local Accommodations Hotel options in the area include: Suites Sleep Inn Hampton Inn - East Chase Holiday Inn Express, Mitylene Staybridge Suites Eastchase TownPlace Suites More lodging options may be found at the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce.

Thank you workshop Sponsors and Partners :
City of Montgomery
Auburn University
Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood, Inc.
Jennings Environmental, LLC
Upper Alabama River Clean Water Partnership
Auburn University Montgomery
Young Meadows Presbyterian Church
North Carolina State University
USDA CSREES Southern Region Water Program

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