This course is designed to train individuals to delineate stream types using the stream classification method as published in "Applied River Morphology", Rosgen, 1996. A combination of lecture and field sessions will provide practical experience in the topics listed below.

Who should attend:  Field staff involved in stream habitat assessment and restoration.  This course is a pre-requisite to the FIS3410 River Assessment and Monitoring - Level III course.

Length:  5 days/32 hours

Objectives: 

• Integrate fluvial geomorphology concepts with problem solving techniques
• Determine and map land forms, land types and valley types
• Pre-map stream types on aerial photos and topographic maps
• Field validation of the bankfull stage at a USGS stream gaging station
• Use field methods to properly measure morphological variables
• Observe all of the major stream types, A-G, in the field
• Discuss ecosystem management applications using stream types such as:

• fish habitat structure evaluation
• riparian management/grazing methods
• watershed management/cumulative effects assessment and analysis
• hydraulic and sediment relations
• engineering design concepts