Low-Tech PBR Workshops

Formats

We have taught over 30 workshops, short-courses and full semester long classes since 2010 on low-tech process-based restoration (see table below). There are a variety of ways in which we have offered this training:

  • University courses through Utah State University Department of Watershed Sciences for matriculated graudate students (e.g. WATS 5620, 5621, 5622, 5623, 5624, 6900, 6860) or professionals as continuing education units (CEUs; e.g. CEWA 5620, 5621, 5622, 5623, 5624, 6900 ) - tuition fee charged per unit
  • Short courses & workshops open to public enrollment administered through Utah State University Restoration Consortium - workshop fee charged
  • Custom short course for private audience - Virtual Workshops (e.g. WLFW 2020) and In-Person Workshops (paid for by workshop sponsor(s))
  • Self-Paced Modules - Free

Note that Undergraduates in the Department of Watershed Sciences Management and Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems Major get a full year of training on low-tech process-based restoration in the Capstone Classes (WATS 5340 & 5350).


Workshops & Short-Courses

University Courses on LTPBR

See our University courses for a full listing.

LTPBR Courses For University Credit or Professional CEU

Public Enrollment Workshops

Year Workshop Location Audience
2024, Spring Low-Tech Process Based Restoration of Riverscapes - 2024 Workshop Series Online Managers and staff from federal and state agencies, tribal communities, watershed councils, and conservation organizations who oversee, fund, or regulate riverscape restoration
2023, Spring Low-Tech Process Based Restoration of Riverscapes - 2023 Workshop Series Online Managers and staff from federal and state agencies, tribal communities, watershed councils, and conservation organizations who oversee, fund, or regulate riverscape restoration
2023, March 7-9 Restoring Riverscapes Workshop - Advancing Process-Based Actions Online Managers and staff from federal and state agencies, tribal communities, watershed councils, and conservation organizations who oversee, fund, or regulate riverscape restoration
2020, August 11-14 Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes - 2020 Virtual Workshop Online NRCS, WLFW, Pheasants Forever, USU Restoration Consortium
2019, October Stage Zero Restoration Sisters, OR River Restoration Northwest & Portland State University
2019, September Introduction to Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration Logan, UT USU Restoration Consortium
2016, October Beaver Restoration Class Prineville, Oregon Portland State University
2013, February Working with Beaver in Restoration Skamania, WA River Restoration Northwest Annual Symposium

Custom Private Workshops

Year Workshop Location(s) Sponsor(s)
2023, October 24-26 Manhattan, KS GIS LTPBR of Riverscapes Workshop Manhattan, KS Juniper Environmental, Kansas Alliance for Wetlands & Streams, & Ducks Unlimited]
2023, August Introduction to Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes Cowichain, BC, Canada Cowichain Tribes, Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO)
2023, July 18-19 Process-Based Restoration Workshop and Funding Opportunities Lakeview, OR Pheasants Forever, Blue Forest Conservation, Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council, NRCS Oregon, Intermountain West Join Venture
2023, April Low-Tech Process Based Restoration Workshop Cumbria, England, UK British Society for Geomorphology, National Trust, Environment Agency, SEPA
2022, August 9-11 Montana-Dakotas Bureau of Land Management - LTPBR of Riverscapes Workshop Miles City, MT BLM Montana-Dakotas
2022, March 2 American Fisheries Society Virtual Workshop: Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes virtual American Fisheries Society, USFWS Partners for Fish & Wildlife, Pheasants Forever, Conservation Northwest,USDA, Anabranch Solutions
2021, October 12 & 13 Klickitat River Watershed Intro to Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes - Field-Based Workshop Tepee Creek, WA  
2021, September 29 & 30 Foster Creek Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes-Field-based Workshop Bridgeport, WA Foster Creek Conservation District, USFWS Partners for Fish & Wildlife, Pheasants Forever, Conservation Northwest,USDA, Anabranch Solutions
2021, (rescheduled) Klickitat River Watershed Intro to Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration of Riverscapes - Field-Based Workshop Tepee Creek, WA Yakama Nation Fisheries, Anabranch Solutions
2019, August Low-Tech Riparian Restoration - 2019 Field Workshop Series Gunnison, CO; Lewistown, MT; Hailey, ID NRCS, WLFW, Pheasants Forever, SGI, and USU Restoration Consortium
2018, June - Sept Partnering with Beaver in Restoration Design - 2018 Field Workshop Series Logan, UT; Elko, NV; Lander, WY; Cedar City, UT; Hailey, ID NRCS, WLFW, Pheasants Forever, SGI, and USU Restoration Consortium
2017, October Partnering with Beaver in Restoration Design Enterprise, OR Grand Ronde Model Watershed
2016, October Cheap and Cheerful Restoration Design Dayton, WA Snake River Salmon Recovery Board
2016, October Beaver Restoration Class Kingfield, Maine US Fish & Wildlife Service
2016, Sept Partnering with Beaver in Restoration Design Logan ,UT Sage Grouse Initiative, Pheasants Forever & NRCS
2014, October Partnering with Beaver in Restoration Chilloquin, OR Klamath Watershed Council
2013, Aug Working with Beaver in Restoration Logan ,UT Utah NRCS
2012, Oct Partnering with Beaver in Restoration Logan, UT Utah Watersheds Coordinating Council

Workshop Locations

In addition to teaching these workshops at the Utah State University campus in Logan, we have taught LTPBR workshops in a vareity of locations: