Design Principles for Stream Restoration

May 11-13, 2005
207 Comer Hall Auditorium Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Registration Information Registration Announcement (Word Document) Agenda

** Completion of the Introduction to Stream Restoration or another basic natural channel design workshop is a requirement for participation in this advanced workshop. ** Participants should be prepared to work through design calculations.

Register now for Design Principles for Stream Restoration -- Space is limited to the first 30 registrants.

Workshop will be held at the Auburn University Comer Hall Auditorium

Stream restoration and mitigation requirements are moving more and more towards natural channel design techniques. This 2 ½ day workshop will help participants gain an understanding of steps needed to complete a natural channel design and review basic concepts of stream restoration using natural channel design. Time will be split between classroom and extensive field work, including project / data summaries and evening work sessions.

Principles and techniques discussed will include the four priority levels of restoring incised streams, reference reach stream analyses, and techniques for finding and analyzing reference reaches. An introduction to the natural channel design process will also be taught, utilizing a local stream restoration project. Field techniques for stream condition assessment and the Rosgen classification system will be covered in detail.

Instructors will emphasize urban stream conditions specific to the southeastern U.S. Workshop instructors have experience working on more than 40 stream assessments and restoration projects throughout the Southeast.

The workshop will center on Parkerson Mill Creek, a degraded urban stream on Auburn University’s campus. Greg Jennings, Ph.D., P.E. of North Carolina State University will emphasize stream conditions specific to the southeastern U.S. Workshop instructors have experience working on more than 40 stream assessments and restoration projects throughout the Southeast.

Approved for 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from Auburn University.

SCHEDULE

May 11 - Registration begins at 8 am - 8:30 am CT
8:30 am - Workshop begins
5 pm - Workshop adjourns, student working sessions may continue

May 12
8:00 am Workshop begins
5 pm - Workshop adjourns, student working sessions may continue

May 13
8 am - Workshop begins
Noon - Workshop adjourns

Agenda Topics:

Restoration Options
Reference Reach Survey
Natural Channel Design Calculations
Design Plans
Construction Specifications

Resource notebook required for this workshop is the "Stream Restoration: A Natural Channel Design Handbook." To purchase this notebook at a cost of $35, visit the guidebook order web page, call (919) 515-3723 or download as a PDF for free from the NC State Stream Restoration Institute.

Registration Information

Cost is $350 for general registration. Download registration information in Microsoft Word format. Registration deadline is April 29, 2005. For more information, please email Eve Brantley at brantef@aces.edu. Please send registration fee to: Stream Design Workshop 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. Refunds not available.

Local Accommodations

Make your reservations immediately! A block of rooms is available at the Auburn University Best Western Convention Center (334) 821-7001. Group name is 'Stream Design.'** Auburn University graduation is the weekend following our workshop, so hotel space is limited. Other hotel options in the area include the Opelika Holiday Inn Express (334) 745-6331 and the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center (334) 821-8200 or 1-800-2-Auburn. More lodging options may be found at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce under Visitor Information. ** Best Western group rate is $60 + tax for May 10 & 11, but increases to $99 + tax May 12 due to graduation room rates **

For information on Auburn and surrounding areas, visit the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. Map of Auburn University campus

Workshop Sponsors and Partners include:
Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, USDA - CSREES, Southern Region Extension Water Quality Program, EarthTech, North Carolina State University, University of Georgia, U.S. EPA, Region 4, Alabama Technology Transfer Center

Alabama Watershed Management and Restoration Home Page

Southeast Region Watershed Restoration Home Page