Syllabus
The entire website for this course constitutes the official syllabus for the course that faculty are supposed to provide students with within the first week of class. This page addresses the schedule of events and activities for the class.
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Schedule
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| Week |
Dates |
Topic |
| Week 1 |
Part 1: Diagnosing Problems |
|
| 09-Jan | 1. Introduction to river conservation | |
| 11-Jan | 2. Navigability for title - law | |
| 13-Jan | 3. River segmentation theory | |
| Week 2 | 16-Jan | No class |
| 18-Jan | 4. Historical hydrology. In-class: Learning to use Google Earth Pro for assessing rivers | |
| 20-Jan | In class: River segmentation of a tributaty to the Santa Clara River. Do reach 1-5. | |
| Week 3 | 23-Jan | In class: Continue river segmentation, including on the Santa Clara River; do reaches 6-11. |
| 25-Jan | 5. Indigenous viewpoint on river conservation (video on Aggie video). In-class: Measuring river reach attributes using Google Earth Pro- mountain sites | |
| 27-Jan | 6. Negotiating the Yuba Accord (video on Aggie video). In-class: Measuring river reach attributes using Google Earth Pro- lowland sites | |
| Week 4 | 30-Jan | 7. Aquatic & riparian habitat conservation - law. In-class: Hydrological analysis, part 1. |
| 01-Feb | 8. Aquatic habitat. In class: Hydrological analysis, part 2 | |
| 03-Feb | 9. Riparian habitat. In class: Hydrological analysis, part 3 | |
| Week 5 | 06-Feb | 10. Water temperature. In class: Do in-stream habitat mapping. |
| 08-Feb | 11. Sediment sampling and measurement. In class: Do in-stream habitat characterization worksheet, part 1 | |
| 10-Feb | 12. Water quality. In class: Do in-stream habitat characterization worksheet, part 2. | |
| Week 6 | 13-Feb | Midterm Exam: coming to class is optional. 24 hours to do exam. |
| 15-Feb | Small group activities- create experiments | |
| 17-Feb | Small group presentations | |
| Week 7 |
Part 2: Solving Problems |
|
| 20-Feb | No class | |
| 22-Feb | 13. CA State Water Board responsibilities & programs. In class: small groups write up their presentation summaries, due at start of next class. | |
| 24-Feb | 14. Biological opinions. In class: temperature regime analysis, part 1 | |
| Week 8 | 27-Feb | 15. Setting biological goals for river conservation. In class: temperature regime analysis, part 2 |
| 01-Mar | 16. Large-scale river management programs. In class: temperature regime analysis, part 3 | |
| 03-Mar | 17. County-level water management. In class: Little Creek River RDR2 virtual field trip about mtn rivers and mtn meadows | |
| Week 9 | 06-Mar | 18. River restoration concepts. In class: Kamassa River recon RDR2 virtual field trip |
| 08-Mar | 19. Fish passage and fishways. In class: discussion | |
| 10-Mar | 20. Beaver assisted river restoration. In class: Dakota River recon RDR2 virtual field trip | |
| Week 10 | 13-Mar | Small group activities |
| 15-Mar | Small group presentations | |
| 17-Mar | Course Review: management case study practice | |
| Week 11 | 23-Mar | Final Exam (8 am). coming to class is optional. 24 hours to do exam. |
