Welcome to the Episode 3 of The Watercourse! My guest today is Chelsea Schneider (linkedin.com/in/chelsea-schneider-471a457), Principal Landscape Architect at LOCI Studio (www.loci.studio). Chelsea helped design a whitewater park in Bend, Oregon, and she joins me to discuss the interesting technical, aesthetic, and ecological design decisions that went into the project. How hard could it be? Listen in to find out about all the goals and constraints that had to be balanced, and how this relatively small project is a microcosm of the entire Deschutes River basin!

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Pre-listening resources:
Article on Whitewater Parks: biglifemag.com/the-new-wave-of-whitewater-parks/

Description from Whitewater Park Designers: s2odesign.com/about/whitewater-parks-explained/

Bend Whitewater Park Website: bendparksandrec.org/facility/bend-whitewater-park/

Bend Whitewater Park Drone Footage: vimeo.com/358159187


Post-listening resources:
Scientific article on whitewater park hydraulics and fish habitat (Kolden et al. 2016): doi.org/10.1002/rra.2931

Graduate thesis on stream restoration, stream aesthetics, and whitewater parks (Podolak 2012): escholarship.org/content/qt7k8243b4/qt7k8243b4.pdf

Episode photo: still photo from above video
Photo Credit: Greenworks PC.

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