Pacific Watershed Associates has extensive experience in conducting training and workshops relating to watershed restoration and erosion control. Workshops are customized to the client’s specific needs and interests and can be presented either by PWA solely or jointly with other experts. We pride ourselves in bringing technical concepts to a level of practical understanding for a variety of audiences. PWA presents up to 20 workshops each year ranging between one and five days.
Our most popular workshop and training topics include:
- Wildland and rural road systems (including road upgrading, maintenance, storm-proofing, and decommissioning)
- Sediment source inventories and assessments
- Erosion prevention, erosion control, and sediment control practices
- Watershed assessments and analysis
- Fluvial, hillslope, and coastal geomorphology
Upcoming Workshops and Presentations
Rural Roads Drainage Demo Workshop June 23rd on Garrapatos Road, Carmel, CA
The RCD of Monterey County, Garrapata Creek Watershed Council, Pacific Watershed Associates, NRCS, and the Big Sur Land Trust invite road maintenance crews/contractors, road association members, and rural road erosion assistance providers to a half-day workshop between Carmel and Big Sur on June 23 from 8am to noon. The workshop will include an introductory session on road erosion/drainage management techniques and rationale followed by demonstration/installation of road drainage projects (rolling dips) on Garrapatos Road to be conducted by a private contractor with oversight and ‘interpretation’ from Pacific Watershed Associates for those of us not operating equipment. This is a rare opportunity to not only learn about something but see it done step-by-step with the folks who ‘wrote the book’ on-hand. Please contact Paul Robins at the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County by replying to this email or calling 831-424-1036, ext. 124. Please feel free to forward this within your departments or to road association folks you know. MOST IMPORTANTLY, please have all interested contact me tor RSVP and for locational information and directions. We may have space limitations for the opening session, which will include snacks provided by the Garrapata Creek folks. Draft Agenda 7:30 Show up, eat snacks, settle in 8:00 Introduction/welcomes/thankyous 8:15 Presentation/s on how’s and why’s of rural road erosion/drainage management 9:30 Walk out to first rolling dip for large mob show n’ tell by Danny Hagans, PWA 10:00 road contractor starts work on selected Rolling Dip site(s) with some introductory discussion for onlookers. 12:00 LUNCH time (Bring yer own) and WRAP UP for remaining attendees Expertise and time provided by Pacific Watershed Associates, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Materials and RCD/PWA staff time provided by grants from the California Coastal Conservancy (through RCD of Santa Cruz County) and Dept of Fish and Game.
Recent Workshops and Presentations
Todd Kraemer presented a talk entitled: A Systematic Approach for the Assessment and Reduction of Stormwater Related Impacts to Aquatic Systems for the Stormwater Pollution Runoff Workshop at the 28th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference 44th Annual AFS Cal-Neva Meeting March 10-13, 2010 Redding Convention Center. Check out the link to the .pdf below to read an outline of Todd's presentation.  Kraemer_2009_SRF_Stormwater outfall detection strategy.pdf (15.05 KB)
Poster Presentation- Tom Leroy co-presented a poster entitled THE MISSING EARTHQUAKES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY: RECONCILING RECURRENCE INTERVAL ESTIMATES, SOUTHERN CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE at the 2009 Fall AGU meeting, held December 14-18 at the Mosconi Convention Center, San Francisco, CA. Click on the link below to read the abstract.  Patton and Leroy_2009_THE MISSING EARTHQUAKES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY_(FINAL).doc (24.00 KB)
Speaking Engagement- Todd Kraemer presented a talk entitled First Priority Implementation Strategies for Sediment Control in Ecologically Valuable Salmonid Watersheds at The American Water Resources Annual Conference: Improving implementation strategies in the context of reducing restoration costs, while implementing effective erosion control and prevention treatments. The conference was be held on November 9-12, 2009 at the Red Lion Inn in Seattle, Washington.
Field School- Pacific Watershed Associates, California Department of Fish and Game, and Salmonid Restoration Federation conducted a field school to demonstrate proper culvert installation, road drainage practices, and erosion control techniques in the Garcia River Watershed October 13-16, 2009. Click on the link below for more information. http://www.calsalmon.org/pdf/Road%20Maint_Oct%202009_062909.pdf Speaking Engagment- Bill Weaver presented two talks entitled Identifying high risk roads and prioritizing road treatments and Upgrading and maintaining road systems at The Nature Conservancy's conference: Improving forest road systems in the context of watershed restoration. The conference was held April 23-24 at the Cannery Pier Hotel in Astoria, Oregon.
Poster Presentation- Professional Geologists Tara Zuroweste and Kathy Moley presented two posters at this year's California Onsite Wastewater Treatment Association's annual conference. This year's conference COWA: Your Bridge to Decentralized System Management was held at the Sacramento Arden West Hilton, March 17-19, 2009. Speaking Engagment- John Green presents "Hydrologic and Geomorphic Impacts of Residential Development on Legacy Roads" Poster Presentation- Tom Leroy and Bill Weaver present "Improved strategies for the design, installation, and maintenance of effective roling dips" Speaking Engagement- Kathy Moley and Tara Zuroweste present "The Site Evaluator and Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Designer's Perspective on AB 885" Speaking Engagement- Tara Zuroweste presents "The Real Estate Agent's Guide to AB 885" Workshop- Unpaved Roads: Design and Maintenance Speaking Engagment- Bill Weaver presents "Basics of Roads Assessment, Remediation, Removal
and Prioritization" Speaking Engagment- Bill Weaver and Danny Hagans present "Predicting Potential Erosion: Inventorying, Quantifying, Prioritizing and Treating Erosion Sources on Forest Roads" and "Disconnecting Sediment Sources from the Watercourses: Reducing Hydrologic Connectivity: Causes, impacts, Solutions, Landowner Issues, and Costs"
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