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Course Description

Stage 0, a term coined by Cluer and Thorne in their 2013 paper, represents a
pre-disturbance alluvial valley condition that does not have a drainage channel. Rather
there is a prolonged and widespread network of inundated wetlands and islands within
the depositional valley type.  This condition is showing evidence of being more dynamic,
diverse and ecologically superior to any incised channel draining form of the same
landscape. Therefore, it has become the goal in recent restoration projects. 
Participants to the workshop will (1) learn the background science and genesis of Stage
0 and understand the evidence for the condition in Western watersheds, (2) conduct
site visits to two restoration sites where different approaches have been applied in
order to understand the range of possible methods for achieving Stage 0 condition, (3)
make field observations and collect data on the effects of Stage 0 restoration, and (4) 
learn how to analyze digital elevation data and gain insight about valley processes and
habitat from relative elevation models (REM) and design restoration projects using the
geomorphic grade line method (GGL of Powers et al 2018).
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