Fee: $1500 5 Day Course

Prerequisite: Good basic survey skills

General Description: This introductory course is designed to familiarize students with the fundamentals of river behavior and the general principles of: fluvial geomorphology, sedimentation, hydraulics, restoration, fish habitat improvement, riparian grazing management, and streambank erosion. Applications of these principles are presented utilizing a stream classification system. Problem solving techniques for watershed management, riparian assessment, fish habitat structure evaluation, stream restoration, non-point source pollution and the integration of ecosystem concepts into watershed management are taught. A combination of both lecture and field application are provided.  This course is a prerequisite for River Morphology, River Assessment and Monitoring and River Restoration and Natural Channel Design.  This basic river morphology course has been offered throughout North America since 1986.

Instructor for the classes offered by Wildland Hydrology:

David L. Rosgen, PhD, is a Registered Professional Hydrologist and the principal hydrologist of Wildland Hydrology Consultants. He has 42 years of experience in stream morphology, restoration, sedimentology, stream classification development and applications, grazing and riparian systems management, cumulative water resource impact assessment and modeling, fish habitat enhancement, and conducts research in river studies.  He designs, supervises, contracts and monitors a variety of large scale river restoration projects throughout the United States. Dave conducts short courses throughout North America for government agency personnel, universities and consulting firms in river morphology, restoration, and wildland hydrology.  Dave is the author of "Applied River Morphology," published in 1996.