Valley Type: Understand the initial indication of river morphology (Narrow, deep, and steep or Wide, shallow, and flat)

Stream Channel Dimensions: Riffle, pool, and glide cross-sections for floodplain width, channel width, depth, area, and bank height ratio

Stream Channel Patterns: Historical Aerial Photography- Radius of Curvature and Sinuosity

Stream Channel Profile: Longitudinal thalweg survey, stream, and bankfull slope, pool-to-pool spacing, riffle length

Interpreting the condition of the stream is essential to understand the stream's natural tendencies, and restoration should complement, not compete with those tendencies.

Evolutionary Channel Adjustments: Review bank height ratio, width/depth ratio, and entrenchment ratio with topographic maps, land use, and site visits to determine what is causing the stream to change at an accelerated rated.

Streambank Erosion Potential: Pfanckuch

Channel Stability

Depositional Pattern: Review channel bars, sediment size in pools, sediment size on bankfull,

Aggradation/Degradation Trends: Changes in slope (culverts/dams/embankments), changes in sinuosity (channelization), change in width/depth ratio (narrow, deep and steep will transport larger material whereas wide, shallow, and flat will be more fine-grained depositing materials)

Permittee-responsible mitigation: In Minnesota and Michigan, the permittee is responsible for offsetting the stream impacts of the proposed project.

Survey SQT parameters: Hydrology, Hydraulics, Geomorphology, Physicochemical, and Biological parameters will be assessed using standard geomorphic survey methods.

Class schedule and descriptions coming soon!