Course Overview
This two-day course provides participants with the information needed to plan forest operations in and adjacent to riparian areas. An introduction to riparian assessment and restoration techniques is provided to expand discussion on management practices and options in riparian areas. Major course topics include: classification of streams, lakes and wetlands, requirements for establishing riparian area boundries, meeting riparian objectives for management areas, riparian assessment methodology and silvicultural practices that speed recovery of fish, water quality and channel stability. The course includes classroom lectures, case studies and field trips.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
1.0
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Learning Outcomes
- Learn what data to collect to classify streams, lakes and wetlands.
- Develop the skills necessary to properly classify a stream by taking field measurements and learning the criteria that defines a stream for purposes of Forest Practices Code.
- Develop an improved ability to think through the range of options available for managing riparian areas by interactive discussion with practitioners.
- Learn current riparian assessment and restoration techniques and use them to expand options for better management of riparian areas.
- Learn how to complete a vegetation plot and use this information to evaluate the condition of a riparian stand.
- Learn the basic riparian silvicultural strategies needed to speed ecological restoration of a forest stand and achieve a desired future condition.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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