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Urban Riparian & Stream Restoration Training – The Woodlands, TX
May 15, 2018 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
This program is not approved for TMN-GLC AT.
The Texas Water Resources Institute is sponsoring a Riparian and Stream Restoration Training. This course is for those interested in doing stream restoration including natural resource professionals, consultants, agency staff, river authorities, engineers, and interested landowners. Please let us know If we need to do or provide anything else.
May 15, 2018
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
The Recreation Center at Bear Branch Park – Live Oak Room
5310 Research Forest Dr.
The Woodlands, TX 77381 (Map)
This workshop is being co-hosted by the Houston-Galveston Area Council, Harris County Flood Control District, Texas A&M AgriLife and the Texas Water Resources Institute. The training will focus on natural design processes for stream restoration projects. Materials delivered in the training will help attendees understand:
- Urban stream functions,
- Impacts of development on urban streams,
- Recognize healthy versus degraded stream systems,
- Assess and classify a stream using the Bank Erosion Hazard Index (BEHI), and
- Comprehend differences between natural and traditional restoration techniques.
Information including the hydrologic cycle, basics to stream morphology, stream classification, stream instability, stream restoration, stabilization structure, vegetation, and monitoring and evaluation will be explained through classroom-style teaching in the morning session and hands-on activities in the field at a nearby stream in the afternoon sessions. Participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training.
Registration is limited to the first 40 people. Cost is $100 and includes all training materials, lunch, and a certificate of completion at the end of the course. Registration is required by May 11, 2018. Register online by following the link above. Lunch will be provided to participants or they may bring their own. Dress is casual and comfortable; hip boots/waders are required as we will be out assessing the creek in the afternoon.
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The urban riparian and stream restoration program i.s managed by the Texas Water Resources Institute, part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension and the College at Texas A&M University. It is funded through a Clean Water Act grant provided by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency