In 2023, the AFS–BES Education Committee, in partnership with ASCE-EWRI/AFS-BES Joint Committee on Fisheries Science and Engineering (the Joint Committee) created two sets of tools for upcoming Fisheries Engineering and Science Professionals.

UPDATES – This webpage portal is updated biannually in July and January of each year. The next update is scheduled for July 2025.  

Disclaimer

These training resources and links to electronic data has been compiled for the sole intent and purpose of making such information available to end users for use at their discretion. Inclusion in these resources is provided without guarantee and does not imply endorsement or judgement of accuracy by AFS, ASCE, or the Joint Committee on Fisheries Science and Engineering. 

Since regulations, practices, and engineering guidelines change over time, it is the end-user’s responsibility to confirm applicability of any resource with pertinent site-specific, agency, regional, and/or funding requirements. These documents are intended to be used as an educational resource for reference and technical advancement, but do not replace the need for formal training or for mentoring and guidance by experienced practitioners in the field of practice. 

Please read all applicable “README” files or tabs before using each resource.

 

Fish Passage Training Portal

The Fish Passage Training Portal is intended to serve as a “first-stop shop” to search for  trainings in the fields of fish passage and river restoration. The purpose of this Portal is to house a user-friendly compilation of links to available trainings, focusing on project implementation at all phases of a project. 

Fish Passage Training Portal – Files(s) for Download

File Name	Download Link	File Size
Fish Passage Training Portal	FishPassageTrainingPortal_v.1.2_20230426.xlsx	85 KB

 

Checklists

A series of for implementing fish passage and habitat projects as a service to our community of practice, particularly newer practitioners and on the ground project managers. These checklists are provided with the intent of fostering more successful projects with fewer missteps and less backtracking.  Each provides guidelines for stepping through the feasibility assessment, design, or project management of different project types.

Nine project-specific checklists have been compiled in Excel spreadsheets to assist fish passage practitioners and are provided for download below. 

 

               Fish Passage Checklists – Files(s) for Download

File Name	Download Link	File Size
AOP-Stream Simulation Design Checklist	AOPStreamSimChecklist_v1.1_20250114.xlsx	6.2 MB
Small Dam Removal Project Management Checklist	SmallDam_Checklist_v.1.1_20250117.xlsx	4.6 MB
Eel Pass Checklist	EelPass_Checklist_v.1.0_20230426.xlsx	97.1 KB
Fishway Design and Construction Checklist	FishwayConstruction_Checklist_v.1.1_20250121.xlsx	96.7 KB
Profile Control Feasibility Checklist	ProfileControlFeasibility_Checklist_v.1.1_20250121.xlsx	75.7 KB
Profile Control Scope of Work Checklist	ProfileControlScopeOfWork_Checklist_v.1.1_20250121.xlsx	184 KB
Small Fish Screen Feasibility Checklist	SmallFishScreenFeasibility_Checklist_v.1.1_20250121.xlsx	179 KB
Small Fish Screen Scope of Work Checklist	SmallScreenScopeOfWork_Checklist_v.1.1_20250121.xlsx	198 KB
Stage Zero Design Checklist	Stage-Zero-Work-Breakdown-Structure-v1.1_20250121.xlsx	1004 KB

 

 Glossary

A glossary of terms related to fish passage and stream restoration implementation has been compiled from various sources into a single file for ease of reference.

Glossary – Files(s) for Download

File Name	Download Link	File Size
Fish Passage Glossary	Glossary_v.1.0_20230428.xlsx	149 KB

Acknowledgements

This first version of the Training Portal and Checklists has been a concerted, expedited, pro-bono effort of volunteers from the AFS Bioengineering Section (AFS-BES) Education Committee. The core ad hoc members are:

• Rachael Weiter
• Laura Wildman
• Steve Gephard
• Bob Gubernick
• Mike Garello
• Larissa Rohrbach
• Marcin Whitman
• Brett Towler
  
   

Reviewers included:

• The Joint Committee for Fisheries Engineering and Science
• The BES Executive Committee
• Randy Beckwith, chair of the BES Education Committee
• A volunteer ad hoc review team:
  • Derek Acomb
  • Dan Giza
  • John Field

Special thanks to Amy Singler of American Rivers and Shannon Boyle of the Interagency Fish Passage Task Force for their contributions.

The Interagency Fish Passage Task Force has created an additional portal for information on fish passage and aquatic connectivity projects as they relate to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which can be found at https://interagency-bil-fish-passage-project-1-fws.hub.arcgis.com/

American Rivers has compiled additional tools and resources for river restoration at https://www.americanrivers.org/conservation-resources/river-restoration/

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