This 2-day workshop will provide participants with the necessary information needed for a stream restoration project to meet success criteria. New data will be presented from more than 200 degraded streams in Ohio with regards to impairments, feasibility of restoration, costs, techniques, predictable and probably success, and the latest “applied research” from practitioners. Attendees will work toward answering the question “Can Ohio meet the Clean Water Act goals of use attainment for degraded waters?” This workshop presents the first serious look at that issue and the drainage debate. Costs for the 2-day course, which includes lunch and course materials, will be $150. Space is limited.

This one week short course, offered in both September and October, is a collaborative effort of The River Institute and a group of multidisciplinary professionals. This training will provide participants with an advanced look at the fundamental set of skills applicable to stream restoration including biology, hydraulic engineering, fluvial geomorphology, applied design techniques and monitoring. This is an advanced course with experts in the restoration field who will provide field experiments and validation exercises. This course is meant for ecologists, regulators, professional engineers and environmental scientists who have a basic understanding of stream restoration principals including bioassessment, biocriteria and Rosgen Stream Classification and who are looking for that next step in developing and reviewing stream restoration projects that incorporate natural channel design principals in order to meet an improved water quality standard. Pre-requisites are required for these trainings. Costs for the one week short course, which includes lunches, field trips and course materials, will be $1,000. Space is limited to the first 30 participants for each week.