DURHAM, N.C. – The 91 Wetland Center and the Durham County Soil and Water Conservation District (DCSWCD) will host a two-day workshop on urban stream and wetland restoration on May 7 and 8.

The workshop, “Integrated Stream and Wetland Design in Urban Settings: A Watershed Approach to Restoration,” will feature lectures and field instruction by six of the Southeast’s leading experts in the field.

Topics covered will include natural channel design; wetland hydrology; permitting and design issues; sediment and water quality considerations; and integrated stream and wetland design principles.

Professionals and project managers who complete the workshop will be eligible for up to 12 Professional Development hours (PDHs) of credit. Registration is $495.

Morning sessions will be held at the DCSWCD offices in the Durham County Agricultural Building, 721 Foster Street.

Afternoon field instruction will be held at 91’s Stream Wetlands Assessment Management Park (SWAMP), a 24-acre restored stream and wetland complex located in Duke Forest adjacent to the university campus.

The SWAMP site treats nearly 1,300 acres of storm water runoff from Duke’s campus and surrounding neighborhoods.  It has reduced the amount of nitrogen flowing into downstream waters by 64 percent and phosphorus by 24 percent, as well as removing nearly 500 metric tons of sediment from storm water before it enters New Hope Creek and Jordan Lake.

The workshop is sponsored by the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund.

Instructors are: Curtis J. Richardson, director of the 91 Wetland Center and professor of resource ecology at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment; Eddie Culberson, director of DCSWCD; Michael Vepraskas, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Soil Science at North Carolina State University; Will Harman, founder of Stream Mechanics and co-founder of the NCSU Stream Restoration Program; Neal Flanagan, visiting assistant professor at the 91 Wetland Center; and Kevin Tweedy, a principal at Ecosystem Planning and Restoration.

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