Screening & Prioritizing of LTPBR Sites
Content will be updated prior to each workshop offering.
Overview to CEWA/WATS 6629
This is the main resource page for the CEWA/WATS 6629 - Screening & Prioritization of Riverscape Restoration course offered through Utah State University. This course is part of an advanced series of courses on Low Tech Process Based Restoration (LTPBR) offered through USU and the Riverscapes Consortium. The course is designed to provide experience using remotely sensed data and geospatial models to assess potential restoration opportunities and prioritize them when necessary. This course compliments the Introduction to LTPBR Design in the Intro to LTPBR Spring Series and most directly follows on to concepts in the Advanced LTPBR Planning (CEWA/WATS 6626) course.
Description: Students will learn how to obtain and analyze geospatial model outputs to assess potential opportunities for LTPBR efforts across large spatial extents. They will then use the workflows to select and prioritize potential restoration sites in landscapes they are working or care about.
This page appears here on the QRiS documentation site as QRiS users may find it helpful for self-guided learning.
CEWA/WATS 6629 - Syllabus
Fall 2025 - Syllabus on LTPBR USU Site.
Community
Community Page on Riverscapes Consortium for Advanced LTPBR CEWA Series 6626-6629
Event Page for 2025 Course
Event Page with Meeting Joining Details
Prerequisites and Preparing for Class
Background or Catch-Up Reading
Software Requirements
- Install QGiS and the QRiS and Riverscapes Viewer Plugins (see here).
- (Optional) Install SQLite Studio to perform SQL queries on model outputs in a non-geospatial environment.
If you did not take the planning course, please review the software installation instructions and ensure you have QGiS, the QRiS plugin, and the Riverscapes Viewer plugin installed and working before the first day of class. If you need help with this, please show up on Monday morning at 8:45 AM instead of 9:00 AM.
Main Assignment
The main outcome of this workshop is to come up with a prioritized list of potential restoration sites within a geography with a minimum size, with appropriate conextual justification for the decisions.
Resources
Class Recordings
Details
Our morning sessions are recorded for your reference.
Monday
Forthcoming - Will post after class.
Tuesday
Forthcoming - Will post after class.
Wednesday
Forthcoming - Will post after class.
Thursday
Forthcoming - Will post after class.
Community Resources
These communities from the Riverscapes Consortium are great places to ask questions, connect with colleagues and share your work.
Advanced CEWA LTPBR Series Community
The community for connecting with others in this class and the advanced series of Adavanced LTPBR courses.
Riverscapes Studio Users
Community of QRiS Users. Stay up to date on latest releases, webinars, trainings, ask questions and share your work.
LTPBR of Riverscapes - Practitioner Community
This community is intended to facilitate exchange between practitioners of LTPBR anywhere in the world.
Assignment Resources
In Class Exercises
Data for Exercises
You are welcome to download these projects as we use them in class, or download them all ahead of time. We suggest downloading them somewhere easy to navigate to (and making a favorite shortcut to that folder in QGIS) such as c:/0_RS/CEWA6629/.