Restoring and Creating Wetlands

This course will cov­er the con­cepts, appli­ca­tions, plan­ning pro­ce­dures, and imple­men­ta­tion strate­gies involved in the suc­cess­ful con­struc­tion of wet­lands that look and func­tion like nat­ur­al wet­lands. Stu­dents can expect to learn about site selec­tion, test­ing soil tex­ture, select­ing con­struc­tion tech­niques, estab­lish­ing designed hydrol­o­gy and veg­e­ta­tion aspects, and work­ing with heavy equip­ment oper­a­tors. Top­ics in peat­land restora­tion will also be cov­ered. The course will be offered as a com­bi­na­tion of manda­to­ry hands-on expe­ri­ence in the field, in addi­tion to class­room lecture.