You are invited to the fifth annual Berkeley River Restoration Symposium, to be held Saturday, December 8, 2007, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

The symposium presents research by UCB graduate students in river restoration, with panel discussions by leading professionals in the field. Free and open to the public with advance registration. RSVP to berkeley.river.restoration@gmail.com

About the Class and Symposium: Restoration of Rivers and Streams (LD ARCH 227)
Taught since 1992 (the longest-running course devoted to river restoration at a major research university), this course emphasizes understanding of underlying goals and assumptions of restoration and integration of science into restoration planning and design. Students review restoration plans and evaluate completed projects. In addition to lectures and discussions by the instructor, students, and an extraordinary set of guest lecturers drawn from the active restoration community, the principal course requirement is an independent term project involving original research and a presentation at this Symposium. The term projects are peer-reviewed, revised, and ultimately added to the permanent, web-searchable collection of the UC Water Resources Center Archives (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/). Restoration of Rivers and Streams is taught by Professor Matt Kondolf. Paul Atwood (Water Resources Center Archives) developed the website and on-line access to class research papers.

Please see the symposium website (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/227_07.html) for the latest information about the schedule, speakers, and panelists.