Course in River Processes

Yale School of Forestry/Environmental Studies

To offer a 2-day short course in river processes to local environmental activists and municipal officials.  The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical, and biological processes that govern stream ecosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activity.  Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environmental data on the Quinnpiac River.
Grant # 20020634
Date Issued: 03/21/2002
Amount: $10,000
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Year end Summary: Course evaluations were submitted by 17 of the 20 participants and were positive overall on factors including lectures, field trips, readings, problem sets, whether the course met students' expectations and whether students would recommend the course to others.