Landslide Prone Terrain Management RRET 2272

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

Module 1 - Locate Relevant Information in Handbook 18

• Describe commonly held ideas and perceptions about landslides.
• List the purposes for managing landslide-prone terrain.
• Locate the four main topics described in Handbook 18.
• List two topics described in the Forest Practices Code that relate to topics in Handbook 18.

Module 2 - Recognize Types of Landslides and Hillslope Processes

• Define the six dominant types of landslides.
• Describe the setting in which landslides occur.
• Describe why landslides occur.
• Describe the factors affecting slope stability.
• Describe the factors affecting downslope transport.

Module 3 - Prepare a Preliminary Terrain Stability Assessment

• Identify landslide-prone terrain on air photographs, terrain maps and slope stability maps.
• Identify landslide-prone terrain in the field.
• Identify the mitigating factors that would require assessment by a professional (i.e., P. Eng., P. Geo.).

Module 4 - Measures for Control and Management of Unstable Terrain

• Describe measures that will avoid the unstable situation.
• Describe measures that will prevent destabilization of marginally stable slopes.
• Describe measures that will stabilize unstable slopes.
• Describe measures that will protect downslope resources when unstable situations cannot be corrected.

Module 5 - Outline a Rehabilitation Plan

• Prepare an erosion and sediment control plan.
• Describe techniques for forest road deactivation.
• Prepare an outline of a rehabilitation plan.

Effective as of Fall 2003