The Draft Curriculum for the Fish Passage and Engineering Field School is:
Aquatic species and stream crossings:
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Ecological continuity of stream channels & Impacts of fragmenting populations
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Overview of aquatic species of concern in California’s coastal streams
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Characteristics of instream structures that create fish migration barriers
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Fish swimming abilities and requirements
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Ranking and prioritization of barriers for treatments
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Reasons for implementing fish passage projects
Overview of Channel Morphology - Stream Crossing Interactions:
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Causes and impacts of channel incision and aggradation
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Channel instability and channel evolution
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Interaction of stream crossings with channels
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Causes of perched culverts; plunge pool vs. incision
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Class exercise - profile interpretation
Pre-design & Project Layout:
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Spectrum of fish passage approaches
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Hydraulic verses Geomorphic design approaches
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Range of ecological benefits
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Project alignment and project profile
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Determining Vertical Adjustment Profiles (VAP)
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Headcut considerations
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Selecting a design approach
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Class exercise - setting VAP profiles
NOAA Fisheries and CDFG Fish Passage Design Guidance and Project Review Requirements:
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Overview of fish passage design guidelines
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FEMA and funding replacements for fish passage
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Project Specific Requirements Submittal Checklist
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Design Plan Criteria requirements in the Fisheries Restoration Grants Program (FRGP)
Geomorphic Based Designs:
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Overarching principles of stream simulation
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Stream simulation design process
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Reference reach
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Bed design – bed materials and shape
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Structure sizing
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Stability/mobility analysis: Models, design flows, bed mobility, bed stability, flood capacity
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Low-slope design process
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Construction techniques
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Class exercise - develop stream simulation design for existing site
Profile Control Techniques:
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Geomorphic based (nature-like) approaches to profile control
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Basis of approach
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Types of roughened channels and applications
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Design process
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Drop structures
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Types (boulder, log, concrete, sheetpile weirs)
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Shape, spacing, slope, and stability
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Design Process
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Construction techniques
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Class exercise - setting design profile
Hydraulic Designs using Baffles and Fishways:
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Design criteria and fish behavior
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Use of baffles
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Design and analysis procedures
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Fishway types, applications, layouts
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The Do’s and Dont’s
Monitoring and Adaptation
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What questions should monitoring answer?
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Monitoring techniques
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Examples from previous fish passage monitoring
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Monitoring and Success Stories
Local Case Studies
Engineering Practicum
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Work through stream simulation design development
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Roughened channel design development
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Lay out chutes-and-pools roughened channel
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Size ESM for stability
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Analyze hydraulics for fish passage
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