Class Schedule

Week 1	The Regulatory Context of Fishes and Forests
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	Logging Kills Fish? True/False or Maybe? Review of salmon recovery strategy for the Columbia basin Executive Summary Effects_of_global_warming_on_trout_and_salmon The TFW process The Timber Fish Wildlife Agreement of 1986 Examples of Treaties The current regulatory system The Clean Water Act; view slide 1 - 6 Endangered species act; status review and listing; NOAA The Forest Practices Act of 1946 On July 16, 1976, new Forest Practices Rules take effect The Forest & Fish law WFPA DNR's Forest Practices Act or Forest-Fish Law
Additional Links	Review of salmon recovery strategy for the Columbia basin Full Report Salmon and the NW; the vanishing salmon habitat Washington Forest protection Association home page Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Section 1: History of  the Forest Practices Act ( p.1-10) Highly recommended for your "pleasure reading" J. Lichatowich, 1999. Salmon without rivers. Island Press, Wash. D.C, Crvelo, CA John Vaillant, 2005. The Golden Spruce. A true story of Myth, Madness and Greed. Norton & Company, New York and London Excerpts from the New Yorker
Lab/Assignments	Assignment 1: The Regulatory Context of Fishes and Forests Consult the format guidelines for and submission of, assignments format guidelines

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Water and Sediments

Field Trip: Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Meet in class

Magnusson ParkWetland Creations

Wetlands - Technical Resources

Engineering Field Handbook, Part 650, Chapter 13, Wetland Restoration, Enhancement, or Creation

• Magnuson Park: Sandpoint Historic District
• History Summary Sand Point Peninsula
• Broad definition/descriptions of a wetland and its functions      
• What are/were the broad objectives for the wetlands creation at Magnusson
• What kind of “Functional Requirements” were specified/considered/developed
• What were the important design parameters and how were they implemented
• Aspects and issues of the construction phase
• Current assessment of the functionality of the wetlands (maybe a bit early, but perhaps there are already some indicators

Week 2 4/04/2012	The Water Balance & Hydrologic Cycle
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	1. The water cycle and water balance water-cycle diagram and summary follow up on the various links to the elements of the water balance equation Hydrology Definitions Water Balance Equation How to find water data Water Watch-current streamflow conditions 2. Watershed ecology Watersheds An example of a watershed Monthly and yearly streamflow patterns Watershed ecology Watershed Academy module EPA's Surf Your Watershed 3. Watershed management principles Principles of watershed management Watershed Academy module DNR's Forest Practices Watershed Analysis Peakflow Calcualtions
Additional Links	EPA On-line training in watershed management Watershed characteristics Stream ordering Stream flow data, real-time gauge data USCE-Wash Watershed Analysis Manual Appendix C - Hydrologic Change p. 1-7
Lab/Assignments	Assignment 2: flow calcualtions and waterbalance equations Useful links
Lab	Consult the format guidelines for and submission of, assignments format guyidelines

Week 3 4/11/2012	Field Trip: Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 Meet behind Bloedel Hall, Loading Docks. Van leave 10:30am sharp Guide: Dr. J. Dooley Engineered Habitat Protection systems, Stream restorations using manufactured log barriers ELWD Systems Techn, Background Application Guide for Instream_Uses http://www.forestconcepts.com
Week 3 4/11/2012	Soil Erosion and Landsliding
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	1. What is soil; surface erosion and causes What is soil? Soil erosion Unified Soil Classification System (USCS) USCS Field Test MethodShort version USCS Field Test Method - detailed version 2. Sediment routing and filtering Soil erosion , processes, critical questions & assumptions; DNR 3. Mass-wasting; types, mechanics and likelyhood Mass wasting - Overview Mass wasting - Overview_Slideshow
Additional Links	A Compendium of On-Line Soil Survey Information Soil Classification for Soil Survey The soil erosion site DNR Watershed Analysis Manual Appendix A - Mass Wasting Mass wasting - some more detail-slideshow
Assignments
	Solution to Assignment 1:

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Fishes and Streams

Week 4 4/18/2012	Streams and Channels
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	.Streamcorridors-slides Stream corridor structure Watershed Academy module Protecting instream flows: how much water does a river need? Watershed Academy Fluvial Aggradation and Degradation Stream Restoration Handbook Overview Streamkeepers Guides to field measurements from bankfull width to LWD surveys. Check the Physical Habitat Monitoring Procedure
Additional Links	1. Stream corridors, structures, functions and equilibrium Chapter 1; Stream Restoration DNR Watershed Analysis Manual Appendix E - Stream Channel
Assignments	Assignment 3: Soil erosion
Lab	Solution to Assignment 2 Useful links

Week 5 4/25/2012	ESA salmonid listings, and King County's and the Regional Roads Maintenance Program's response Fish-passage problems and corrections, including electrofishing some urban/rural streams for juvenile salmonids. Culvert Fish Passage King Co Road Services Guide: Jim Ballweber, King Co. DNRP
	Riparian Zones & Functions
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	. 1. Large woody debris Coarse woody debris The Impact of Riparian Forest Management on Large Woody Debris (LWD) Recruitment. RTI factsheet #9 . 2. Shading and stream temperature The Impact of Riparian Forest Management on Shade Production. RTI factsheet #8 Riparian , processes, critical questions & assumptions; DNR . 3. Streams and bufferzones Active Mangement in RMZ_ppt Alternate Planning for small forest landowners in eastern Washington under the Forest and Fish rules Riparian Management Zones, UW Pack Forest Field Trip
Additional Links	Silvics of North America Protecting instream flows: how much water does a river need? Watershed Academy module Stream corridors, structures, functions and equilibrium Effects of Buffer Width on Organic Matter Input to Headwater Streams in the Western Cascade Mountains of Washington State
Assignments

	Meet behind Bloedel Hall, Loading Docks. Van leave 10:30am sharp King County DNRP King County's approach to stream restoration and stream protection in an urban environment Guide J. Bethel River and Floodplain Management good field boots a must
Week 6 5/02/2012	Salmonids
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	1. Life cycle Salmon facts Salmon Habitat In a hypothetical watershed 2. The 4 H’s: Fish Harvest-Habitat-Hatcheries-Hydropower Review of salmon recovery strategy for the Columbia basin Executive Summary The declining salmon-wild salmon versus hatchery salmon Salmon returns and restoration program costs-Are we on the right track? Fish habitat , processes, critical questions & assumptions; DNR
Additional Links
Assignments	Assignment 4: Streams and fish. Map of Reese Creek
Fieldtrip Wedneday

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Forest Management and Operations

	Guide: Marti Spencer, Roads supervisor Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Planning in the Seattle Watershed Fieldtrip Itinerary
Week 7 5/09/2012	Forest Roads
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	1. Road/culverts and fish passage http://www.ruraltech.org/video/usda_streams/index.asp A brief Introduction Planning Woodlands Roads Maintaining Woodlands Roads Surface Erosion from Roads; DNR Watershed Module WEPP Erosion Modeling WEPP Forest Road Erosion Modeling http://www.ruraltech.org/video/usda_roads/index.asp Forest Roads and the Environment Reading teh Traveled Way Reading beyond the Traveled Way Smoothing and Reshaping teh Traveld Way Maintianing the Ditch and Surface Cross Drains 2. Road and haul-induced sedimentation Sediment and road density reduction Haul routing: an overlooked factor in environmentally driven road decommissioning Forest Harvest and Transportation road section
Additional Links	Fish passage at dams and culverts; WDFW http://www.ruraltech.org/pubs/fact_sheets/fs011/index.asp Economic impacts of RMAPs and required road upgrades on small forest landowners in Western Washington A Landowner's Guide to Building Forest Access Roads
Assignments	Assignment 5: Road Erosion Modeling with WEPP

	Field Trip: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 Guide Keith Yonaka, DNR Road construction, Fish Passage Riparian Mgt, Tiger Mtn http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/psl_ts_may11_karisrun_packet.pdf Meet behind Bloedel Hall, Loading Docks. Van leave 10:30am sharp
Week 8 5/16/2012	Watershed Analysis and Forest Mgt at the Landscape Level
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	1. Local versus Landscape Water_Road Interactions A Systems Approach to Sediment Reduction from Forest Roads with Cross Drains 2. Stream -Roads: Fish bariers - Fish-Xings Fish Blockage primer_McDevitt Fish Blockage primer_Hearsey Fish-Xing RTI Road Management Links
Additional Links	Forest Mgt, Salmon Recovery and Watershed Planning; WFPA
Assignments	Study guide for final
Field Trip Wednesday

Week 9 5/23/2012	Harvesting
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	1. Harvest operations Forest Harvest and Transportation first section Technology in forests. Eco-links Logging eTOOL Glossary of Logging, Forest Engineering and Associated Forestry Harvest systems video Helicopter yarding video Skyline Operations video 3. Setting lay-out considerations Forestry Best Management Practices in watersheds Watershed Academy module
Additional Links	Ground-Based Equipment Nomenclature Harvest Systems ppt

Week 10 5/	Review and Final
Class Notes Required Readings/Links	Review Study guide for final Final from 12.00 til 2.15pm the final will be on the web Open the link, then go to File > Edit with Microsoft Word Answer the questions (typing your text in teh document.   SAVE frequently When done save the file Then save the file as a pdf file (Page > Save As > Adobe pdf, or Print (click on icon and select pdf as file type>) and submit to collect it  If you found something on the Internet  for your answer, include the link
Additional Links
	Final Exam

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