June 2010

Lectures at the restored 18th century farmhouse

Field trips to practice techniques and visit river management projects

Delicious Provencal meals with fresh market produce & local wines

And beautiful local scenery

Schedule

Sunday – Arrive at l’Institut Beaumont.
19h : Wine Reception with Amuse Bouches (appetizers)

Monday
8h : River Restoration Overview : Connectivity and Flow Regimes (Kondolf)
9h15 : Student Introductions
10h : Pause Café (coffee break)
10h30 : Introduction to Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology (Kondolf and Piégay)
11h30 : Channel surveys, facies maps, sediment sampling
12h : Lunch in courtyard
13h : Evolution of Rivers; Regional Context and Issues (Piégay)
14h: Field – Toulouranc River: Facies mapping, long profile and cross-section surveys, pebble counts, and subsurface sampling techniques
17h30 : Optional Swimming, or return directly to l’Institut
19h30 : Dinner Provençal in the Courtyard
21h : WORKSHOP 1: Student Problem Presentations and Discussions

Tuesday (at l’Institut Beaumont)
8h : Geomorphology I : Channel Form and Process (Kondolf)
9h : Riparia, the Role of Vegetation in River Systems (Piégay)
10h : Pause Café (coffee break)
10h30 : Evolution of PreAlpine Rivers (Liébault)
11h30 : Restoring aquatic ecology, assessing macroinvertebrates (Gumiero)
12h30 : Lunch at l’Institut

14h00 : FIELD: Two contrasting tributaries to the Toulouranc, historical evolution worked out from maps, airphotos, and field evidence (Liébault), field sampling of macroinvertebrates (Gumiero)
18h : Optional Swimming, or return directly to l’Institut
19h30 : Dinner in Courtyard
21h : Evening Movie “River-Webs”

Wednesday
8h : Geomorphology II: Channel Adjustments and Hungry Water (Kondolf)
9h : ‘Espace de Liberte’ and other River Management Concepts (Piégay)
10h : Pause Café
10h30 : Wood in Rivers (Piégay)
11h30 : Hydrology & Hydraulics, Flood Frequency Analysis for Toulourenc & Ouveze
12h30 : Lunch in Courtyard
13h30 : Depart for Ouveze River
14h : FIELD EXERCISE : Canopy cover, dendrochronology, habitat measurements
16h : The Roman Bridge of Vaison, Origins and effects of the 1992 flood
17h : Free time to hike, read, rest, or stay in Vaison and explore the Roman Amphitheatre and Hill Village, etc.
18h30 : The terroir and wines of the Côtes du Rhone and Côtes du Ventoux, recent land-use trends (and tasting wines from divers terrains: Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueyras)
19h30 : Dinner in the Courtyard

WORKSHOP 2: Student Problem Presentations and Discussions

Thursday
8h : European River Restoration; Urban to Rural (Binder)
9h : North American River Restoration Case Studies (Kondolf)
10h : Pause Café
10h30 : Stream restoration in the UK: evolving priorities (Driver)
11h30 : SMALL GROUP : Lez River Management and Restoration Design
12h30 : Lunch at l’Institut
13h30 : Depart for Lez River
14h30 : Project tour and discussion
16h30 : Depart for Gigondas
17h : Tour of historic Gigondas cave, tasting
18h : Scenic drive back to l’Institut Beaumont through the Dentelles
19h30 : Dinner Provençal in the Courtyard

Friday
8h : depart northward up Rhone R Valley
10h30 : Pierre Bénite: Constructed side channel and minimum discharge augmentation in the Rhône River (Lamouroux)
12h30 : picnic lunch
14h : : Yzeron River : Urbanization-induced incision and downstream aggradation, proposed levee set-back and renaturalization (Schmitt)
17h : to hotel Lyon centre, check-in
19h30 : Option to join group in meal in traditional bouchon in Vieux Lyon.

Saturday (optional Field Trip in/around Lyon)
9h : Depart Lyon
10h : Ain River : former channel restoration, sediment augmentation near Varambon (Rollet, Piégay)
12h30 : Picnic Lunch
13h30 :Veyle River (what is the topic here?)
16h30 : Wrap up field trip, drop-off at Lyon Part-Dieu rail station

Download 2010 Course Brochure: IB_Brochure2010_FINAL