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US Bureau of Reclamation TSC Summer Intern Program

US Bureau of Reclamation Internships at Technical Service Center, Denver

Opportunities to work in various aspects of rivers, water management, and restoration, based in the Bureau’s center for research and innovation in Denver. Best of all, after having done an internship you have a leg up when applying to permanent positions. The TSC has led studies on some of the most exciting river issues of our time, such as the Elwha and Klamath Dam Removals, and Trinity River Restoration Program.

Applications open through Jan 7, 2026. See link for details.

https://www.usbr.gov/tsc/interns/interns.html

River Restoration Shortcourse 2025

This past August, around 40 students and instructors gathered at the Sagehen field station outside Truckee, CA for the Riverlab’s annual Geomorphic and Ecological Fundamentals of River & Stream Restoration Short Course. Throughout the five day course, participants engaged in stimulating discussion, collaborated on problem solving, visited several restoration sites in the Lake Tahoe area, and gained hands-on experience in river restoration methods. Instructors included experts from the field, including Matt Kondolf (UC Berkeley), Peter Wilcock (Utah State), Mike Limm (Cañada College), Scott McBain (Applied River Sciences), Mark Tompkins (FlowWest), Dave Shaw (Balance Hydrologics), among others.

Throughout the week, Sagehenners bonded over good food, shared interests, and the beautiful Tahoe scenery. Excitement from the week included a bear sighting and a guitar sing-along to close out the week. We look forward to another engaging course next summer!

Field trip to ***Upper Truckee River at Johnson Meadow***

Students listen to Chris Sega (The Nature Conservancy) introduce the ***Mustang Ranch*** project.

Students learn from Dave Shaw of Balance Hydrologics and observe the grade control riffle and the downstream extent of the ***Lower Perazzo Meadows*** project.

Riverlab Fall 2025 Intro

Join us in Wurster 315A on Thursday October 2 for presentations by PhD student Jen Natali and undergraduate Connie Zhang! Jen will be presenting her research on meadow restoration in the Sierra Nevada and Connie will be presenting on her experience constructing beaver dam analogs in the Scott River watershed in Northern California. There will be opportunities for discussion and general mingling after presentations.

Berkeley River Restoration Symposium 2026

Save the date for the 21st annual Berkeley River Restoration Symposium! This event is free and open to the public. Symposium will include presentations from students and others in the field of river restoration.

Where: Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley

When: Saturday December 13, 2025

More details to come.

River Restoration Shortcourse 2026

GEOMORPHIC & ECOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF RIVER & STREAM RESTORATION COURSE will continue to be offered August 17-21, 2026. Registration opens January 2026.

This five-day shortcourse on river restoration is based at Sagehen Creek Field Station, which combines a beautiful natural setting with excellent research facilities, such as an outdoor classroom, a stream table to demonstrate channel adjustments, an on-site laboratory, and Sagehen Creek, with its rich history of research in fluvial geomorphology and ecology. Instructors and speakers are drawn from multiple disciplines and both research and practice.

For more information, see our shortcourse page:

Dudek: Ecological designer, Habitat restoration landscape architect, Geomorphologist, Restoration engineer

Dudek is hiring! Looking for:

Ecological Designer – early career

Habitat Restoration Landscape Architect – 8+ years of experience

Geomorphologist – 8+ years of experience

Restoration Engineer – 12+ years of experience

More info about the positions is on the Dudek website, and you can apply directly at

https://dudek.com/your-career/open-positions

Questions? Contact Jake Marcon <[email protected]> and Stuart Fraser <[email protected]>

Ecosystem Restoration Fellow with Abuelitos Foundation

Abuelitos Foundation (Napa) intends to hire an Ecosystem Restoration Fellow. The position is
ideal for an early-career professional (a grad student, recent grad, or practicing professional) to
implement watershed restoration, permitting, and supporting the nonprofit foundation, and
contributing directly to work of the Conn Creek Land Lab in Napa. See link to job posting.

Rivers and Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday 7 May 3-5:30 pm, Rm 305 Wurster Hall
Jurors: Sarah Puckett (American Rivers), Rich Walkling (RDG), Artie Valencia (Restore the Delta), Rob Olshansky (University of Illinois), Adrienne Dodd (UC Berkeley), Leslie Ferguson (San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board)

Please pre–register here

3.00pm

Mormon Slough, Stockton: water quality, flooding, and equity
Alejandra Amador-Caro, Isaiah Blake, Giovanni Livi Bacci

Islais Creek, San Francisco: a longitudinal transect of social connectivity
Isobel Hayne

The Chicago River’s ‘Wild Mile’
Julia Buford

Restoring habitat on the Hantan River (Korea) for people and birds
Florencia Sepulveda

4.20pm – break

Restoring the Napa River salt marsh
Katrina Clausing

A tale of two creeks: Marsh and Kellogg, east Contra Costa County
Dechen Santapau

5.10pm

Juror Panel Discussion

This Riverlab event is free and open to Berkeley students, faculty, staff, and the alumni community, but please pre-register here.

Seminar on Physical & social ecosystems in urban stream restoration: April 15

Physical and social ecosystems in urban stream restoration

Presented by Kristen Van Dam (Ecological Services Coordinator, East Bay Regional Park District)

This seminar took place on Tuesday 14 April, 4-5:30pm, Rm 305 Bauer Wurster Hall

Kristen Van Dam is a restoration ecologist with twenty-one years of experience in ecological restoration, planning and assessment. She has managed or co-managed over a dozen restoration projects throughout California. She has extensively studied riverine, freshwater fish, and terrestrial ecology and authored several studies and assessments, including a novel reference methodology for riparian vegetation produced as her master’s thesis. Kristen leads a variety of projects and initiatives for the Park District, from watershed assessments to large-scale restoration projects.

SF PUC – entry-level position in Urban Watershed Planning

SFPUC is accepting applications for entry-level 5601 Utility Analyst positions (salary range $81,042 – $125,710). Any recent graduates or soon to be graduates that anticipate having any interest in an entry-level job with SFPUC in the next 12 months should apply to this opening. SFPUC will use the list of candidates from this recruitment to hire multiple positions in the next year, including with the Urban Watershed Planning Division. The application is relatively brief and only requires basic information on your education and professional experience.

Applications are due this Wednesday April 2, 2025. Apply here.