In-stream Restoration Workshop

What: Learn about in-stream habitat restoration techniques. Chapter 14 of The Streamkeepers Handbook, “An Introductory Handbook for In-stream Habitat Restoration Projects\” will be used as reference for the workshop. This module can be found online by clicking here.

• Morning presentation and slide show with the afternoon to inspect stream restoration sites and review methods

Topics Included: Stream hydrology and site assessment

• Determine the state of the recovery curve of a watershed
• Review simple principles of water flow

Planning and Approvals

• What you can and can’t do and when.
• Review of permit checklist – Sec 9, fish collection, agency contact list

Restoration techniques and design:

• Large woody debris placement
• Spawning gravel placement
• Off Channel habitat
• Debris jams
• Garbage Clean up
• Storm Water Management – Rain Gardens
• Barriers & Beaver dams
• Others

Instructor: Dave Clough, RP Bio, has been restoring fish and stream habitat and training habitat stewards on Vancouver Island for 25 years. Who: It is suggested that course participants have a background in streamkeeping or riparian restoration for example: taken a Streamkeepers Course