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<td><span style="font-size:18pt"><em><strong>Bioengineering: A Restoration Course<br></strong></em></span><br><b><font size="4">Register soon!</font></b><br><br>
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<img align="right" alt="Wattle Fences Live Stake Posts dwg" border="0" height="159" hspace="0" src="http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/8/3/1/831a3d4183/d6a47ca306/88abe4ed28/library/Wattle%20Fences%20Live%20Stake%20Posts%20dwg.jpg" style="font-size:13.3333px;width:170px;height:159px" title="Wattle Fences Live Stake Posts dwg" vspace="0" width="170"><em style="color:rgb(32,94,86);font-size:14pt;font-family:"times new roman",times,serif"><strong>Course Description</strong></em></div>
<p>Soil bioengineering is an applied science that uses live plant materials, rocks, soil and landscape elements to perform an engineering function such as slope stabilization, soil erosion control or seepage control.<br>
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Topics to covered include:</p>
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<li>Factors involved in successful restoration</li>
<li>Successional reclamation, with discussion of tools such as:</li>
<li>Wattle fences can be used to treat steep slopes. The terracing reduces erosion while the wood cuttings grow to provide a vegetative cover on the slope.</li>
<li>Live staking: taking live cuttings of shrubs and staking them in the ground where there is a lack of vegetation along eroding stream banks. The clippings will re-sprout and establish new vegetation.</li>
<li>Soil bioengineering techniques</li>
<li>Regional differences in climate, soils, hydrology, plant types, and growing seasons</li>
<li>Maintenance and monitoring.</li>
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<p><em>Course Format</em></p>
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<li>Day One: A classroom session to be held in Revelstoke.</li>
<li>Day Two: A field session near Revelstoke (location TBA) to give participants hands-on experience with a restoration project.</li>
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<font color="#205e56" face="times new roman, times, serif"><span style="font-size:19px"><b><i>Our Instructor</i></b></span></font><br>
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<img align="right" alt="Polster-teaching" border="0" height="128" hspace="5" src="http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/media/8/3/1/831a3d4183/d6a47ca306/88abe4ed28/library/Polster-teaching.jpg" style="width:170px;height:128px" title="Polster-teaching" vspace="5" width="170">David Polster has been involved in the reclamation of severely disturbed sites for over 35 years. He was president of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association (3 terms) and is on the board of the Society for Ecological Restoration (BC Chapter and International board). He has been awarded the John Rieger Award for his work with SER and in restoration, and is the alternate mining representative on the board of the BC Invasive Species Council. Dave is well known for his work in the use of soil bioengineering treatments to solve difficult reclamation problems. He also instructs a post-graduate certification program in designing for natural processes at the University of Victoria.<br>
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David has taught many courses with CMI and has been brought back by popular request! He can be reached at <a href="mailto:d.polster@telus.net" target="_blank">d.polster@telus.net</a>.<br>
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This course is designed for anyone interested in restoring the natural functioning of damaged ecosystems (riparian shorelines, steep slopes, etc.)
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<p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ColumbiaMountainsIns/d6a47ca306/964843d37a/336ce8b3b3" target="_blank"><strong>2018 Annual Researchers' Forum.</strong></a> Sept 28, Nakusp BC<br>
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Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology<br>
Phone: 250-837-9311 Fax: 250-837-9311<br>
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