Soil and Water Calendar

Agenda: (Breaks will be taken where convenient.)

 

9:30am Opening Comments (at Matthews State Forest)

 

9:35am Presentation: Stream Crossings

(1) Culverts vs. Fords

(2) Site Selection

(3) Surveying & Field Data Collection

(4) Design

(5) Construction

(6) As-Built/Certification

 

11:40am Case Studies of Challenging Crossings

 

12:00pm Lunch (Please pack a lunch) & Travel to New River Hill Farm

 

1:00pm Field Portion (at New River Hill Farm)

(1) Site Selection

(2) Surveying: What shots to take?

(3) Manning’s “n” Estimation/Calculation

(4) Materials

(5) Soils

 

3:00pm Adjourn Notes to Participants:

 

1. Please pack a lunch so that we can caravan to the field portion.

2. *Please email Raleigh Coleman at Raleigh.coleman@dcr.virginia.gov if you plan to attend so that we will have enough      materials and so that we can alert you to any last-minute changes.

3. Please bring any designs that you are working on if you need assistance.

4. Raleigh’s cell phone number is 540-270-0039 in the event that you need to contact him at the last minute. Tim Phipps’      cell phone number is 276-238-7338 if you need help finding either location.

 

Matthews State Forest

106 Matthews Lane (Google Maps: 106 Forestry Lane)

Galax, VA 24333

 

The training will start at the Matthews State Forest Office:

New River Hill Farm

1939 Englewood Rd.

Galax, VA 24333

After lunch, we will head to New River Hill Farm: