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Course Details
Course Name: Streambank Restoration: Planning, Engineering, and Implementation
Course Code: EW0331CA25
Date: May 21, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (Check in at 8:30 am)
Location: Holly House, 130 Log Cabin Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08816 (Directions & Map)
Format: Classroom course
Registration Fee: $315 per person
Multi Person Discount Fee: $295 per person (Save when you sign up with a colleague!)
Registration Closes: May 20, 2025
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Payments should be made out to: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Checks and money orders should be mailed to: Office of Continuing Professional Education, Attn: Registration Dept., 102 Ryders Ln, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8519
Purchase Orders can be mailed to the address above or electronically sent to registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.
Course Overview
The objective of this course is to provide practitioners with an overview of streambank restoration in the state of New Jersey. The course topics will be highlighted with a review of case studies to illustrate the streambank restoration process and lessons learned in a real-world manner.
Featured Topics
Presented in a stepwise manner, the course will cover:
- Planning and assessments required to initiate the design and decision-making process for a streambank restoration project
- Identifying the project need
- Evaluating the site
- Designing and implementing the project
- Monitoring the final project
- Regulatory permitting process required in New Jersey
Who Should Attend?
Environmental professionals who want to learn more about the process for planning, designing, implementing, and monitoring streambank restoration projects can benefit from attending this course.
Meet Your Instructors
Charles Harman, SPWS; WSP USA
A Principal Ecologist and Regulatory Services Branch Manager at WSP USA, Charles Harman has 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting field. He specializes in natural resource related assessment and management activities, including ecological risk assessments, sediment evaluations, biological assessments, natural resource damage assessments, wetlands management, and ecological restorations. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology from Texas A&M University and a Master’s degree in Biology from Southwest Texas State University.
Matthew Holthaus, PE, CFM, ENV.SP, CERP; WSP USA
Matthew Holthaus is an Assistant Vice President and Water Resource Engineer in Ecosystem Restoration at WSP USA. He is an experienced and licensed Civil/Environmental Engineer and Project Manager with a demonstrated working history in ecosystem restoration (wetlands and streams). He is skilled in AutoCAD Civil 3D, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, ArcGIS, Stormwater Modeling Systems (SMS) CMS and RMA2, regulatory permitting, construction estimates, and construction oversight.
Over the last 10 years, Matthew has developed a blend of technical and managerial skills pertaining stream and wetland restoration. With his passion for environmental restoration and goals of leaving a better tomorrow for future generations, he continues to lead and supervise teams in technical studies, design and modeling, drafting and plan development, permitting, construction estimating, and construction supervision for full design-build projects involved in stream and wetland restoration/mitigation projects across the United States.
Phil Perhamus, PWS; WSP USA
Mr. Perhamus is a Senior Biologist at WSP USA. He has over 30 years of experience in biological analysis, wetland studies, regulatory permitting, natural resources, and the environmental sciences. His specific capabilities include project management; wetland delineation, permitting, mitigation/restoration, and monitoring; the development of Environmental Assessments (EA); habitat restoration through invasive plant species management and native species revegetation; aquatic and terrestrial wildlife surveys including threatened and endangered (T&E) species surveys; environmental contaminants sampling and investigation; and stream assessment and stabilization.
He has extensive experience throughout the U.S. working with both private and public sectors including oil and gas; wind energy; commercial and residential development; federal, state, county, and local governments; water resource stakeholders; and environmental conservation groups. His project experience is broad spanning from ecological studies to hazardous materials investigations, and from land conservation to land development. He is a Professional Wetland Scientist (P.W.S.) as certified by the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS), a Licensed Professional Wetland Delineator in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is on the certified wetland delineator list with the Chesterfield County, Virginia, Department of Environmental Engineering.
Continuing Education Credits
The Streambank Restoration course is approved for 0.6 Rutgers CEUs, as well as the following credits from professional organizations.
New Jersey
NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): Pending
NJ Continuing Legal Education: 6 CLEs
NJ Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators: 6 TCHs (Approval #01-022301-30)
NJ Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists (HO/REHS): Rutgers University, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Participants who complete this course will be awarded 6.0 CEs.
NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP): 3.0 Regulatory and 3.0 Technical CECs
NJ Professional Engineers: 6 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Credits
National
Certified Floodplain Managers: 6 CECs
Meals
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided to you at no additional cost.
NOTE: If you have any dietary restrictions or food allergies, please alert us at least one (1) week in advance of the course start date so that we can make reasonable accommodations. We cannot guarantee accommodations for special requests made after that time.
Course Requirements and Policies
Email Requirement
A unique email address is required for each registrant to register and access our courses.
- If this is your first time registering with us, please provide your own unique email address when registering; do not provide an email address that you share with co-workers.
- If you have previously taken classes with us and have used an email address that you share with your co-workers or supervisor, your account must be updated with a unique email address. To do this, please send an email to us at registration@njaes.rutgers.edu stating that your email address needs to be changed and include:
- Your full name
- The shared email address that needs to be changed
- Your unique email address
- A phone number where you can be reached if we have any questions
Pre-registration/Walk-Ins
Pre-registration is required. We’re sorry, but we cannot guarantee a seat, materials, or meals for walk-in registrants.
Location Changes
Location is subject to change; registrants will be notified in the event of a change.
Cancellations and Substitutions
A $75 cancellation fee applies for this course. Substitutions are permitted. View our cancellation policy.
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about Streambank Restoration: Planning, Engineering, and Implementation, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Program Coordinator: Pamela Springard-Mayer
848-932-7463
pspring@rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.
