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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.
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