Instructors
Dr. Matt KONDOLF is a Professor of Environmental

Planning and Geography at the University of California,
Berkeley. His research on fluvial geomorphology focuseson environmental river management, influences ofland use on rivers, riparian vegetation and channel
form interactions, geomorphic influences on habitatfor salmon and trout, alternative flood management
strategies, and assessment of ecological restoration.

Dr. Hervé PIÉGAY is Research Director at theNational Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, Lyon,France). His research interests include contemporarychannel changes due to afforestation and damming,bedload transport measurement and floodplain
sedimentation, human impacts on channel forms,
riparian vegetation growth and plant diversity, remotesensing of fluvial features and grain morphometry,
dynamics of large wood, and river restoration andmanagement. He has won numerous awards andpublished more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed
journals and edited books.
Other instructors and field trip leaders will include: David Sear, Universityof Southampton; Walter Binder, Bavarian Interior Ministry, ret.; Simon
Dufour, Université d’Ain Marseille; Frederic Liébault, CEMAGREF, Grenoble;
Alastair Driver, Environment Agency, UK; Nicolas Lamouroux, Université deLyon 1; Anne-Julia Rollet, l’Universite du Caen Basse-Normandie; Laurent
Schmitt, Université de Lyon 2; and Mark Tompkins, CH2MHill.

VenueInstitut Beaumont

The course is held at
Ecole Normale Supérieurede Lyon (ENS Lyon), andthe Institut Beaumont,a restored 18th-century
farmhouse near Mount
Ventoux, near thenorthern Provençal preAlpine tributaries of theRhône.

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RIVER RESTORATION:

Fluvial-Geomorphic& Ecological Tools
FIVE-DAY SHORTCOURSE
June 7 - 11, 2010PROVENCE, FRANCE
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This course provides training in fluvial-geomorphic and ecological tools to assess the status of rivers,
identify ongoing trends and their causes, and develop programs toreverse ecological decline and restore fluvial processes to improve
habitats and water quality.
The course emphasizes understanding geomorphic process as asound basis for planning and designing river restoration projects.
It covers general principles and case studies from a wide rangeof environments, with specific applications and field visits toMediterranean and mountain environments. The course draws
heavily on instructors’ diverse experiences in France, elsewhere in
the European Union, North America, and Asia.

It is designed for land andriver managers, landscape architects,planners, ecologists, engineers, andother professionals interested in riverrestoration.

Course materials are in

English and include Tools in Fluvial
Geomorphology (John Wiley & Sons
2003), a CD with 40+ relevant papers andmanuals, printed lecture notes and field
trip guides.

Registration forms and moredetailed information is available on thecourse website atwww.institutbeaumont.com.
Please email a completed registration
form, or any questions, toinfo@institutbeaumont.com.

Tuition is €1,250 per person if

registered by March 1, 2010, or €1,400
thereafter, which includes all course
materials, lunches, four Provençal dinners,
and tasting of excellent wines from theregion. Inexpensive lodging is availablenearby.

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Preliminary Schedule
SundayJune 6				

Arrival in Lyon
Dinner at traditional “bouchon” restaurant, Vieux Lyon
(optional, no-host)MondayStudent Introductions & Lectures, Lyon		
June 7		Overview of river restoration, regional context, and		introduction to Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology		
Field Trips: CNRS laboratories (e.g. sedimentology,		remote-sensing); constructed side channel on the		Rhône River, Pierre Bénite; introduction to problems		
on the Lez River, Bollène						Tuesday
Lectures and Field Exercise: Channel form &June 8		processes, evolution of pre-Alpine rivers, role of 				vegetation in river systems, and fluvial audits		
Field Trip, Toulourenc River: Facies mapping, channel		geometry surveys, interpreting fluvial landforms.
WednesdayJune 9												Lectures: Channel adjustments, hungry water,“espace de liberté,” other river management 		
approaches		
Field Trip, Ouvèze River: Canopy cover,dendrochronology, habitat measurements, and 		discussion on Roman bridge and 1992 floodStudent Presentations & Discussions

ThursdayJune 10						Lectures: Case studies of European & North
American river & watershed restoration: urban torural, adaptive management			
Small-group Field Assessment: Lez River 		management & restoration design				Friday		June 11								SaturdayJune 12								Student Presentations & Discussions		Lectures: Implementing restoration projects/		programs, stream restoration trends, UK, EU, US;prioritizing restoration actions
Optional Trip: Mount Ventoux
Optional Field Trips near Lyon
Ain River: Former channel restoration & sedimentaugmentation; Yzeron River: Urbanization-inducedincision & downstream degradation, proposed leveesetback & renaturalization
End at Lyon Part-Dieu rail station