Training Overview

We are conducting 15 one-day urban riparian and stream restoration trainings in and around large urban centers such as Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. A three-day advanced urban riparian and stream restoration training will be held in Dallas.

Training materials will help attendees

• understand urban stream functions,
• understand impacts of development on urban streams,
• recognize healthy versus degraded stream systems,
• assess and classify a stream using the Bank Erosion Hazard Index (BEHI), and
• comprehend differences between natural and traditional restoration techniques.

A variety of topics will be explained through class-room style teach in the morning session including

• the hydrologic cycle,
• basics to stream morphology,
• stream classification,
• stream instability,
• stream restoration,
• stabilization structure,
• vegetation and monitoring and

The afternoon will be spent performing hands-on activities in the field at a nearby stream to learn surveying and monitoring techniques. Participants will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training.

Course Outline

1. Hydrologic cycle
2. Introduction to stream morphology
   1. Bankfull discharge
   2. Stability
   3. Channel measurements
3. Stream classification
4. Stream instability
5. Stream restoration
6. Stabilization structures
7. Vegetation
8. Monitoring and evaluation

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