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Oct. 2008 Bioengineering Field School
Oct 19-21, 2008 in Santa Barbara
Participants will visit bioengineering projects completed by the California Conservation Corps and will have the opportunity to construct willow walls. (Photo: courtesy CCC archives)
SRF, with the support of the Department of Fish and Game, will sponsor a Bioengineering Field School on the Central Coast. Instructor Evan Engber, of Bioengineering Associates, will teach techniques to restore riparian habitat, control erosion, and stabilize banks. Participants will tour projects in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties and learn how to build willow mattresses and live siltation baffles. Willow siltation baffles are designed to achieve several objectives. According to the California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual their function is similar to a wing deflector which can be used for bank protection and energy dissipation. They are designed to work in a series and pass flow through the structure, sort bedload, dissipate energy, and trap fines. A vegetated buffer on the top of the bank is created by planting native trees and shrubs.
This agenda was originally published in the Summer 2008 Newsletter.