The Geomorphic Response of Rivers to Dams
A Short Course, March 11-13, 2003
At the University of Nevada, Reno
Furniss, M.J.; Guntle, J., eds. 2004. The geomorphic response
of rivers to dams [CD-ROM]. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-601. Portland,
OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Pacific
Northwest Research Station.
This publication is available on a set
of two CD-ROMs. Request
A Set of CD-ROMs or visit the online version at http://www.fsl.orst.edu/geowater/morphology/
CD 1 (684 MB)
CD 2 (424 MB)
Course Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, March 11, 2003
1:15 Forest Service line officer perspective: John Berry, Forest
Supervisor, El Dorado National Forest, CA
2:00 Power company perspective: John Esler, Portland General Electric,
OR
3:30 The spatial and geographical context of nonfederal
hydropower dams on Forest Service lands in the West: Gordon
Grant, PNW Research Station, Corvallis, OR
Day 2: Wednesday, March 12, 2003
8:00 Geomorphic effects of dams on rivers: a tutorial: Gordon
Grant
9:10 Geomorphic effects, continued: Gordon Grant
10:15 Biological objectives tied to physical processes: Scott
McBain, McBain and Trush, Arcata, CA
11:00 Case Study #1: Tuolumne River: Scott McBain, McBain and
Trush, Arcata, CA
1:15 Case Study #2 Deschutes River: Gordon Grant
2:15 Case Study #3 Mokelumne River: Greg Pasternack, UC Davis
3:30 Group exercise interpreting river responses to dams: Moderator,
Peter Wampler, Oregon State University
4:15 Start workshop modules and continue through day 3
Day 3: Thursday, March 13, 2003
8 to 11 AM Theme 5 continued: Group
exercise - interpreting river responses to dams, Moderator: Peter
Wampler (Oregon State University)
8:00 Module 2: Flow Regimes
9:15 15 minute break
9:30 Module 3: Downstream Effects
10:30 Wrap up of exercise
11 AM Large group discussion of how FS
technical staff defines information needs and translates that
into study requests,
utilizing concepts, and information presented at the
workshop
12 PM Adjourn
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