NEW! Fish Passage Training Portal and Checklists
The AFS–BES Education Committee, in partnership with ASCE-EWRI/AFS-BES Joint Committee on Fisheries Science and Engineering (the Joint Committee) has created two new 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 January 2025.
Disclaimer
Steeppass Fishway with Blind Eel Ramp and Trap – Fishing Brook Fishway, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, US
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.
Please consider providing feedback on the training portal or submitting additional resources to the portal at the links below!
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
Fish ladder Reconstruction – Harvey Dam, Santa Paula Creek, California, US
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.
Eight project-specific checklists have been compiled in Excel spreadsheets to assist fish passage practitioners and are provided for download below. Suggestions for additional checklists are welcome and can be submitted at the link provided below!
Fish Passage Checklists – Files(s) for Download
| File Name | Download Link | File Size |
|---|---|---|
| AOP-Stream Simulation Design Checklist | AOPStreamSim_Checklist_v.1.0_20230427.xlsx | 6.2 MB |
| Small Dam Removal Project Management Checklist | SmallDam_Checklist_v.1.0_20230426-Reduced.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.1.0_20230426.xlsx | 96.7 KB |
| Profile Control Feasibility Checklist | ProfileControlFeasibility_Checklist_v.1.0_20230426.xlsx | 75.7 KB |
| Profile Control Scope of Work Checklist | ProfileControlScopeOfWork_Checklist_v.1.0_20230426.xlsx | 184 KB |
| Small Fish Screen Feasibility Checklist | SmallFishScreenFeasibility_Checklist_v.1.0_20230427.xlsx | 179 KB |
| Small Fish Screen Scope of Work Checklist | SmallScreenScopeOfWork_Checklist_v.1.0_20230427.xlsx | 198 KB |
| Stage Zero Design Checklist | Stage Zero Work Breakdown Structure DRAFT revision 2023_1115.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
Steeppass Fishway with Eel Pass formed by Black Hose – Millpond Dam Fishway, Essex, Connecticut, US
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:
Dam Site after Removal – Walton’s Mill Dam Removal, Farmington, Maine, US
- 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/
