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Register now for Design
Principles for Stream Restoration -- Space is
limited to the first 20 registrants.
Workshop will be held at the Alabama
Department of Transportation Training Room
Stream restoration and mitigation requirements are
moving more and more towards natural channel design techniques.
This 2 day workshop will introduce basic concepts of stream restoration
using natural channel design. Time will be split between classroom
and field work, including project / data summaries and evening work
sessions if necessary.
Classroom work will review natural channel design
principles, restoration case studies, and the Rosgen classification
system. Field techniques for stream condition assessment and the
Rosgen classification system will be covered in detail.
| 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. |
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1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from Auburn University available.
Workshop participants will receive the NC State Stream Restoration
Institute's
Stream Restoration: A Natural Channel Design Handbook courtesy
of a grant from USDA CSREES Southern Region Extension Water Quality
Program.
Agenda
October 18 - Registration begins
at 7:30 am - 8:00 am CT
8:00 am - Workshop begins
Overview of natural channel design and stream morphology
Introduction to Rosgen Classification system
Overview of stream ecology and watershed assessment
Lunch
Field work - Stream morphological assessment
5 pm - Workshop adjourns, student work sessions may continue
October 19
8:00 am Workshop begins
Review of stream data from field work
Stream restoration using natural channel design, continued
Lunch
Case studies
Stream restoration and mitigation in Alabama
4 pm - Workshop adjourns
 Registration
Information |
| General registration
fee - $295
Government / Non-profit registration fee - $260
Download
registration form in Microsoft Word format.
Registration deadline is October 4, 2005.
For more information, please email Eve Brantley at brantef@aces.edu.
Please
send registration fee to:
Stream Restoration Workshop
C/o Eve Brantley
Department of Agronomy
239 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849 |
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Sorry, no purchase orders. Checks should be made payable
to Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Refunds not available.
Please call 334-844-3927 to use a credit card. |
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Accommodations |
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Comfort
Suites and Drury
Inn are located close to I-85 and are convenient to several
restaurants in the Eastern Boulevard area. Approximately 10-15
minute drive to workshop location.
Days
Inn and Suites and Comfort
Inn on Northchase Blvd. are convenient to the workshop
location and have rooms available in the price range of $60
- $70.
For more information, call 334-844-3927 or email Eve
Brantley. |
Workshop Sponsors and Partners include:
Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Alabama Department of Environmental
Management, Alabama Department of Transportation, City of Montgomery,
USDA - CSREES, Southern Region Extension Water Quality Program,
Alabama Clean Water Partnership - Alabama, Tombigbee and Tallapoosa
Basins, U.S. EPA, Region 4, Alabama
Technology Transfer Center
Alabama Watershed
Management and Restoration Home Page
Southeast
Region Watershed Restoration Home Page
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