{"id":10519,"date":"2023-08-28T20:14:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T20:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10519"},"modified":"2023-09-14T20:52:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:52:19","slug":"introduction-to-urban-stream-restoration-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/event\/introduction-to-urban-stream-restoration-in-alabama\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Urban Stream Restoration in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Thursday, October 26 &amp; Friday, October 27, 2023 \u00a0| \u00a0<\/strong><strong>8:00am-4:00pm <\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>CASIC Building, Auburn University, 559 Devall Drive, Auburn, Alabama 36832<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Fee waived for municipal employees and students, contact <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:laurabellcooley@auburn.edu\"><strong>laurabellcooley@auburn.edu<\/strong><\/a><strong> for information. <\/strong><strong><br \/>\nEligible for 1.4 Continuing Education Units |\u00a0Lunches\u00a0included<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href='http:\/\/aub.ie\/streamrestorationworkshop' class='big-button bigsilver' target=\"_blank\">REGISTER HERE<\/a>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through a series of case study presentations and site visits, this two-day workshop will explore how stream restoration projects in Alabama have been initiated, designed, and built. Presenters will discuss how stream restoration practices can be used to protect infrastructure and land value, improve habitat, and water quality, and provide recreational opportunities for the community. You will hear from various speakers about their incentives for using stream restoration, their project identification and prioritization process, their funding strategies, and the various lessons learned from stream restoration projects across the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This workshop is intended for municipal leaders, MS4 managers, watershed coordinators, community planners, landscape architects, engineers, consultants, and environmental nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The workshop is facilitated by the Auburn University Water Resources Center and funded via a National Fish and Wildlife Grant received by the City of Auburn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wade Burcham, PE \u2013 Principle and Civil Engineer, 5020 Engineering Resource Group Incorporated<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Bidelspach, PE \u2013 Design Engineer and Partner, 5 Smooth Stones Restoration<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dusty Kimbrow, CPSWQ, CFM\u00a0\u2013 Watershed Program Manager, City of Auburn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Agenda (Subject to Change):<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Day 1: Introduction to Stream Restoration: Reasoning and Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>7:45am <\/strong>Sign in and Coffee<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>8:00am<\/strong> <strong>Cooley<\/strong>Welcome and Introductions<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>8:15am<\/strong> <strong>Burcham\/Bidelspach<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stream Restoration and Urban Drainage<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Urban Drainage<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streams Good Bad Ugly<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why Urban Drainage BMPs and How help<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good Neighbor Policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>9:30am<\/strong> <strong>Discussion\u00a0<\/strong>Why stream restoration?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>9:45am Kimbrow\u00a0<\/strong>City of Auburn Case Study: Stream stabilization to protect infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>10:15am<\/strong> <strong>Q&amp;A \/ Break<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>10:30am<\/strong> <strong>Burcham\/Bidelspach<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streams fix themselves<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trajectory economic analysis<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analysis decision<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why not stream restoration?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>11:00am<\/strong> <strong>Burcham\/Bidelspach\u00a0<\/strong>Watershed and regional comparisons<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>11:15am<\/strong> <strong>Discussion\u00a0<\/strong>Stream restoration alternatives (Channel and Floodplain)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>11:30am<\/strong> Lunch<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>12:30pm<\/strong> Leave for site visit<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>1:00-4:00pm <\/strong>Disturbed reach assessment, bank erosion, floodplains, watershed comparison, riparian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Day 2: Stream Restoration Logistics <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>8:00am<\/strong> <strong>Cooley\u00a0<\/strong>Welcome and Coffee<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>8:30am <\/strong><strong>Burcham\/Bidelspach<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">In depth focus on stream restoration planning and reasoning.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Case Study \u2013 Example Project<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Channel and Floodplain with Bankfull Identification<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alternatives, other cohoices and Functional Purpose<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">MCDA Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Tool<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Group MCDA<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Engagement and Outreach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>10:00am\u00a0 Break<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rough Cost estimating<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Permitting<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Funding<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Design Software Introduction<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monitoring and Why<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>11:30am Lunch<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>12:30pm <\/strong>Site visit to Auburn Restoration Projects<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>4:00 Adjourn<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, October 26 &amp; 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