Additional Workshops

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Workshop A: Rosgen Stream Classification Methods Workshop
Instructors: Dan Mecklenburg and Andy Ward
Time: 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
Cost: $75

Workshop B: ODNR Natural Channel Design Tools Workshop
Instructors: Dan Mecklenburg and Andy Ward
Time: 1:30 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: $50

If you wish to attend Workshop A and B the total cost is $100.

Workshop A: Rosgen Stream Classification Methods Workshop.

This course will introduce participants to methods for delineating stream types based on bankfull and effective discharge concepts. Knowledge will also be provided on how regional curves can aid in evaluating stream systems. Prior knowledge of fluvial concepts, such as participation in Workshop 1, will be helpful but not mandatory. The workshop will include some classroom instruction followed by visits to several stream types. Refreshments and a box lunch will be provided.

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Workshop B: ODNR Natural Channel Design Tools Workshop.

Dan Mecklenburg in the Soil and Water Conservation Division of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has been instrumental in developing several spreadsheet tools that are helpful in evaluating stream systems and in the development of management, protection and restoration strategies and designs. This course will provide a hands-on overview of the following tools:

The Reference Reach Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet can be used to enter and organize stream morphology data for a channel reach. It includes worksheets for channel cross section dimension, meander pattern, longitudinal slope profile and channel material (that are also set up as stand alone spreadsheets.) The spreadsheet performs basic hydraulic calculations and reduces data to dimensionless ratios allowing comparison between channels. The spreadsheet will be used in Workshop 1.

Meander Pattern Utilities
Convert between meander dimensions and sinuosity either with a simple geometry pattern or a sine-generated curve. Also, by entering the readily obtainable target values of width, w/d ratio, valley slope and bed material size, another utility predicts a stable channel pattern. A comparison table shows how adjustments in channel pattern change channel properties. Also, William's empirical equations of meander pattern and bankfull channel cross section dimension.

Two-Stage Channel Design Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet is useful in developing a two-stage channel design based on regional curves, effective and bankfull discharge concepts, and bedload transport. Thus far its primary application has been with agricultural ditches and small straightened urban streams.

Stream System Potential Bedload Transport Evaluation
This spreadsheet is useful in evaluating bedload transport associated with two-stage (main channel and floodplain) stream systems. It is useful in assessing the potential impacts of urbanization, floodplain encroachment, and incision.

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