Summer Workshop

The 2012 Summer Workshop Series in Stream Ecosystem Resotration will take place June and July 2012. See our save the date flyer for preliminary information. Check back for updates on registration information in the coming months.

Click here for more general information on the past 2011 workshop series.

Click here for the ERIE Summer Workshop Factsheet.

In the summer following the first academic year, ERIE Trainees participate in a coordinated series of short courses and workshops that provide intensive exposure to the field methods relevant to research in restoration ecology as well as the practical elements of restoration engineering. The sequencing of courses is flexible and adaptive. In addition to ERIE Trainees, the summer courses are open to other UB students and the general public, typically attracting participants from a wide cross-section of disciplines

The first component is a research–oriented program entitled Ecosystem Research Methods. Topics are both general (measurement protocols, QA/QC considerations) and focused (biomonitoring, sampling of soil, sediment, surface water, and groundwater).

Following this research-oriented segment, Trainees attend a set of ongoing professionally-oriented short courses taught by national leaders from organizations engaged in regional restoration projects (USACE, USDA, others). These courses have been taught annually at UB beginning in 2005, and the content is updated each year in response to practitioner feedback and to take advantage of ongoing regional projects.