Outdoors & Hiking

River Systems Field Class

Friday, October 23, 2026 · 11am · North Carolina Arboretum

River Systems Field Class with Anton DuMars Friday, October 23 | 11am – 5pm BRN – Core Register Here! For the River Systems Field Experience, we will observe processes and indicators along the Davidson River, a Blue Ridge tributary of the French Broad catchment basin. We consider channel hierarchy (first order, second order, etc.). Our stops include observation and discussions of flow and flood indicators and river forms, such as cut banks, point bars, and flood channels. We observe sediment tex