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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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General Technical Report RMRS
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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A Review of Protocols for Monitoring Streams and Juvenile Fish in Forested Regions of the Pacific Northwest
Author: Scott A. StolnackPublisher:
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Category : Aquatic habitats
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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This document reviews existing and proposed protocols used to monitor stream ecosystem conditions and responses to land management activities in the Pacific Northwest. Because of recent work aimed at improving the utility of habitat survey and fish abundance assessment methods, this review focuses on current (since 1993) monitoring efforts that assess stream habitat conditions and juvenile fish use. It does not focus on protocols specifically intended to monitor trends in fish populations for salmon recovery efforts, other fish life-history stages (e.g., salmonid smolt monitoring or spawner surveys), or approaches designed to monitor water quality or sources of pollution. We provide an overview of agency monitoring protocols, adaptive management, and types of monitoring, and briefly review the core habitat characteristics thought to be most sensitive to forest management practices. Finally, we summarize a selection of protocols in use in the Pacific Northwest in light of those core habitat characteristics.
Guide to Effective Monitoring of Aquatic and Riparian Resources
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Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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"This monitoring plan for aquatic and riparian resources was developed in response to monitoring needs addressed in the Biological Opinions for bull trout (U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service 1998) and steelhead (U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service). It provides a consistent framework for implementing the effectiveness monitoring of aquatic and riparian resources within the range of the Pacific Anadromous Fish Strategy (PACFISH) and the Inland Fish Strategy (INFISH). The primary objective is to evaluate the effect of land management activities on aquatic and riparian communities at multiple scales and to determine whether PACFISH/INFISH management practices are effective in maintaining or improving the structure and function of riparian and aquatic conditions at both the landscape and watershed scales on Federal lands throughout the upper Columbia River Basin. A list of attributes thought to be important in defining aquatic and riparian habitat conditions and their relationship with listed species were identified. The list of attributes was then translated into measurable criteria and compiled to form sampling protocols for both stream channel parameters (Part II) and vegetation parameters (Part III). These sampling methods were tested for variability, and the results are documented in two other publications "Testing Common Stream Sampling Methods for Broad-Scale, Long-Term Monitoring." (Archer and others 2004) and "The Repeatability of Riparian Vegetation Sampling Methods: How Useful Are These Techniques for Broad-Scale Monitoring?" (Coles-Ritchie and others, in preparation). "
General Technical Report PNW-GTR
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 754
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Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author: United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest RegionPublisher:
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Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Report to Congress
Author: Effectiveness Monitoring for the Aquatic and Riparian Component of the Northwest Forest Plan
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Category : Aquatic ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
An Aquatic and Riparian Effectiveness Monitoring Plan (AREMP) for the Northwest Forest Plan is intended to characterize the ecological condition of watersheds and aquatic ecosystems. So to determine the effectiveness of the Northwest Forest Plan to meet relevant objectives, this report presents the conceptual foundation of options for use in pilot testing and implementing an effectiveness monitoring program for aquatic and riparian systems. The base program would evaluate status and trends of watershed, stream, and riparian conditions by using decision-support models. Although the focus of AREMP is on characterizing ecosystem status and trend, implementing it will also supply information that will be useful in determining causal relations to help explain those trends.
Watershed 93
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Category : Watershed management
Languages : en
Pages : 916
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A Year in Review for the Pacific Northwest Research Station
Author: Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Land and Resource Management Plan
Author: United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest RegionPublisher:
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Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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