BCIT Burnaby Campus: April 27 - May 8, 2009
This course is intended for those currently registered with the ABCPF, and who are preparing to write the RPF exam.
Instructors:
Jace Standish
Robert Laird
Forest Hydrology gives an overview of how streamflow is generated in wildland drainage basins and how forestry practices and other land uses affect water quantity, quality and regimen. Topics include the hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evapotranspiration, drainage basin morphology, infiltration, subsurface flow, surface water flow, stream channel hydraulics, fluvial geomorphology, streamflow models, erosion, sedimentation, floods, and the affects of various forest practices.
Course Learning Outcomes/Competencies
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
1. Define terms that are fundamental to understanding forest hydrology
2. Describe basic measurement methods, units and instruments used in hydrology
3. Describe the hydrologic cycle
4. Explain the water balance equation and how its various elements are affected by forest practices
5. Describe how different kinds of precipitation can affect water quality, quantity and regimen
6. Contrast water flow, quality and regimen in different climates (e.g., B.C. coast vs. B.C. Interior)
7. Explain the concept of hydrologic response
8. Describe watersheds with respect to characteristics such as stream order, shape, size, drainage density, slope, soils & surficial materials, bedrock and vegetation
9. Compare watershed characteristics to streamflow patterns as shown in the stream hydrograph
10. Describe simple watershed models such as the Unit Hydrograph and Rational methods
11. Understand basic concepts of stream hydraulics and fluvial geomorphology as it applies to wildland streams
12. Describe the processes of surface and mass erosion
13. Understand the concept of watershed management including watershed assessments, protection and rehabilitation.
14. Describe legislation and guidelines related to forest and range watersheds, riparian areas and community watersheds
15. Describe the rationale behind riparian area management and protection laws and guidelines
16. Describe the impacts of forest harvesting, road construction and maintenance, and silvicultural practices on water quantity, quality and regimen.
Evaluation
Assignments 25%
Presentations 15%
Quizzes 10%
Final Exam 50%
Accommodations
Accent Inn
3777 Henning Drive
Burnaby, BC V5C 6N5
(604) 473-5000.
1-800-663-0298
www.accentinns.com.
Holiday Inn Express Burnaby Metrotown
4405 Central Boulevard
Burnaby, BC V5H 4M3
(604) 438-1881
To register click here.
