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Restoration Design - Geomorphic Principles

Background

Why we're covering it

  • A review of design process and elaboration of concept of design hypotheses
  • Crash-course on the ‘form’ side of geomorphology, as a grading plan is fundamentally a reflection of how your design changes those forms
  • Help you understand the building blocks of riverscapes
  • Introduce you to the tools and terminology to help you map riverscapes

Learning Outcomes

  • Gain direct experience applying knowledge as a watershed scientist to working on real-world aquatic ecosystem restoration and management problems (e.g. stream restoration, watershed management, wetland restoration) with practitioners.
  • Develop a working understanding of different aspects and approaches to restoration design and create two types of design and evaluate their ability to achieve project objectives. Articulate specific, testable design hypotheses for your own designs.

Resources

Slides & Handouts

Part 1 - Traditional Restoration Design

There are two lectures for this module. The first is a refresher on Traditional Restoration Design with emphasis on design hypothesis testing and explaining what a grading plan is (getting you ready for Module 2 on Grading).

Module 1 - Slides image

Module 1 - Slides

Download Module 1 slides.

Part 2 - Geomorphic Principles Primer

The second lecture is a crash course on Geomorphic Principles to prepare you both for Module 2 on Grading and the LTPBR Project. As the topics are discrete and some of the parts of the lecture longer, I break them up into separate videos intended to be watched sequentially. There is about 1 hour and 20 minutes of lecture material, but if you do the 5 exercises, it will likely take you about 1 hour and 45 minutes to get through.

If you want to print out just the exercises:

Exercise Handout for Print

Download the exercise handout for print.

Module 1 - Part 2 Slides image

Module 1 - Part 2 Slides

Download Module 1 - Part 2 slides.

Relevant or Cited Literature

If you want more information on GUT:

  • Kramer N, Bangen SG, Wheaton JM, Bouwes N, Wall E, Saunders C, and Bennett S. 2017. Geomorphic Unit Tool (GUT): Applications in Fluvial Mapping. EP11A-1546. AGU. New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30142.18241.
  • Bangen SG, Kramer N, Wheaton, JM, and Bouwes N. 2017. The GUTs of the Geomorphic Unit Tool: What is under the hood. EP31D-1901. AGU. New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31118.66884.

For more information on what was covered in lecture, see optional reading:

Or, take the WATS 5150 Fluvial Geomorphology Class

OLD - 2020 & Prior Lecture Slides

These are just for reference for past year's classes. Use slides and video above.

Lecture Slides

Previous Year In-Class Exercise Materials

Download all materials below to an easy to find place (e.g. c:\0_Logan).