Fish Habitat Restoration — Prescription Development

Each NRTG course includes free, lifetime admission. Enrol once – come back anytime.

Description

This one-day Fish Habitat Restoration – Prescription Development course will provide participants with the methodology to develop a comprehensive habitat restoration prescription. Topics include how to inventory your site, investigate, and define historic conditions, identify ecological and traditional values to be restored, establish goals and objectives, develop and execute your restoration and monitoring plan.  

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion, participants will be able to:   

  • Identify components of a successful restoration prescription
  • Understand and apply the methodology for prescription development
  • Identify legislative and reporting requirements
  • Develop a comprehensive and defensible prescription

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course; however, Technical Writing for Professionals would be an asset.

Who attends?

Natural Resource and Industry consultants, Indigenous groups, government, and other environmental professionals involved in the development, review, or approval of restoration prescriptions. 

How do I attend?

This course is available via our website schedule page, or on contract to organizations/community groups. The FHR – Prescription Development course is regularly scheduled for community-based deliveries throughout the year. Interested groups or organizations can also arrange for an ‘in-house’ or contract delivery of this course. In either scenario, contact NRTG for further information. 

What should I bring or supply?

Own computer and have a stable internet connection, writing supplies, and your own case studies (if applicable).  We’ll do our best to incorporate your projects into the course content. For further information, please contact NRTG

Instructor Profile

Jeff Sereda, PhD.

Manager, Ecological and Habitat Assessment, Owner Sereda Environmental 

Headshot of Jeff Sereda, Senior Fisheries Ecologist and NRTG instructor.

Jeff holds a PhD. in Limnology and an Aquaculture Technician Diploma. He served as manager of a commercial salmonid hatchery for 4 years, lectured at the University of Saskatchewan on topics of fish physiology, taxonomy, ecology, conservation, and aquaculture. Currently, Jeff is a Manager of Ecological and Habitat Assessment, and formally an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. 

Jeff’s research has encompassed topics such as assessing the risk of aquatic ecosystems to anthropogenic eutrophication, macrophyte management, fish habitat restoration, and the impacts of water management on species as risk (Bigmouth Buffalo, Chestnut Lamprey, Plains Sucker, and Lake Sturgeon). Jeff’s research has been presented at over 60 national and international conferences and resulted in 20 peer reviewed publications.