Summer course

In the summer following the first academic year, ERIE Trainees will participate in a coordinated series of short courses and workshops that provide intensive exposure to the field methods relevant to research in restoration ecology as well as the practical elements of restoration engineering. The sequencing of courses will be flexible and adaptive. In addition to ERIE Trainees, the summer courses are open to other UB students and the general public, typically attracting participants from a wide cross-section of disciplines

The first component will be a be a research–oriented program entitled Ecosystem Research Methods. Topics will be both general (measurement protocols, QA/QC considerations) and focused (biomonitoring, sampling of soil, sediment, surface water, and groundwater).

Following this research-oriented segment, Trainees will attend a set of ongoing professionally-oriented short courses taught by national leaders from organizations engaged in regional restoration projects (USACE, USDA, others). These courses have been taught annually at UB beginning in 2005, and the content is updated each year in response to practitioner feedback and to take advantage of ongoing regional projects. For example, the summer 2008 program consists of three week-long courses that emphasize stream restoration (click here for full brochure or go to the course website).