"Your job is to help the river be
what it wants to be" ~Dave Rosgen Ph.D.

Wildland Hydrology was established in 1985 by Dave Rosgen and specializes in training courses that focus on fluvial geomorphology, watershed assessment and management, river restoration, and monitoring.

 
Dave Rosgen, P.H., Ph.D.

About Dave Rosgen, P.H., Ph.D.

Dave is a Professional Hydrologist and Geomorphologist with field experience in river work spanning 49 years, 20 of which were with the U.S. Forest Service.  Dave has designed and implemented over 70 large-scale river restoration projects. Dave developed a stream classification system, the BANCS streambank erosion model, the FLOWSED/POWERSED sediment transport models, the WARSSS methodology for cumulative...

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Welcome River Professionals!

River Restoration and Natural Channel Design

an integration of Fluvial Geomorphic & Ecological Principles

Introductory Special:

Order today and recieve the
River Assessment Field Guide
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744 pages containing over 1,000 photographs and 200 graphics maintenance if necessary

Natural Channel Design (NCD) is a ten-phase methodology that integrates fluvial geomorphic and ecological principles to restore rivers. This book provides details of each phase and is filled with photographs of implemented projects to demonstrate that this restoration approach works to enhance the beauty and function of impaired rivers.

  • Phase 1: Define restoration goals
  • Phase 2: Describe the geomorphic characteristics of the impaired reach & reference reach
  • Phase 3: Conduct multiple assessments and departure analysis and refine goals.
  • Phase 4: Consider passive restoration
  • Phase 5: Generate a conceptual design
  • Phase 6: Develop the preliminary design
  • Phase 7: Incorporate appropriate river structures
  • Phase 8: Finalize the natural channel design
  • Phase 9: Implement the natural channel design
  • Phase 10: Monitor project effectiveness and conduct