Download or read book Landscape Scale Analysis of Riparian Restoration Site Selection and Adaptive Management in California s Cosumnes River Floodplain written by Kaylene Elizabeth Keller and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the California Riparian Systems Conference September 22 24 1988 Davis California written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Riparian Landscapes written by George Patrick Malanson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-05-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riparian Landscapes examines the ecological systems of streamside and floodplain areas from the perspective of landscape ecology. The specific spatial pattern of riparian vegetation is seen as a result of, and a control on, the ecological, geomorphological, and hydrological processes that operate along rivers. Riparian structures are controlled by the spatial dynamics of channels, flooding and soil moisture. These dynamics are part of integrated cascades of water, sediment, nutrients and carbon, to which animal and plant species respond in ways that illuminate community structure and competition. The role of the riparian zone in controlling species distribution and abundance is discussed. Intelligent management of these valuable ecological resources is highlighted. The potential for linking hydrological, geomorphological and ecological simulation models is also explored. This book will be of interest to graduate and professional research workers in environmental science, ecology and physical geography.
Download or read book Protection Management and Restoration for the 1990 s written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Restoration of Floodplain Landscapes written by Alexander Kent Fremier and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration written by Karen M. Manci and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adaptive Management of a Riparian Zone in the Lower Klamath River Basin Northern California written by Alexander R. Wick and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riparian timber harvest buffer policy in California has grown increasingly complex since its creation in 1972, seeking to prevent cumulative watershed effects from logging on private lands. Originally implemented to mitigate sediment inputs into watercourses following clearcut logging, trees in these riparian buffers have continued to grow since the 1970's, shading streams and affecting water temperature throughout northern California. Current California forest practice allows for some riparian harvest, but limits flexibility of individual treatments, instead relying on uniform buffers to protect watercourses. The federal government allows more flexible site-specific management with an appropriate habitat conservation plan and justification. This thesis contains two components: the first is a discussion of the development of current riparian policy, which uses interviews and analysis of documents to examine the history of the policy governing riparian zones. The history, evolution, and expansion of California forest policy and the interaction between federal and state forest law provides context for the case study contained within the second portion of this thesis, measurement of stream warming and discharge changes as a response to riparian thinning.Thinning along a 330-meter Class I stream reach in winter 2014/2015 opened the second-growth hardwood canopy surrounding the reach, and allowed light in to the stream surface, which spurs primary productivity. Measured discharge was higher in the second year, post thinning, despite lower annual precipitation and lower spring precipitation. Reduced evapotranspiration from fewer trees increased summer streamflow the year post-treatment, a desirable result for salmon and other aquatic vertebrates, given the severe drought in California. Results indicate that water temperature maxima increased in the reach by 1.68°C, and diurnal variation increased due to this higher maxima, combined with lower minima from the loss of the insulative canopy layer. Results suggest that spatially explicit riparian thinning and adaptive riparian management can increase thermal heterogeneity, and may be a potential solution for salmon habitat restoration when instituted carefully, in a spatially limited manner within the cool coastal anadromy zone on Northern California's coast.
Download or read book California Riparian Systems written by Richard E. Warner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents 135 of the papers presented at the 1981 California Riparian Systems Conference. The papers address all aspects of riparian systems: habitat, wildlife, land management, land use policy planning, conservation and water resource management.
Download or read book Classification of Riparian Vegetation of the Cosumnes River Eldorado County California written by Margaret Ann Herzog and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Riparian Areas written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.
Download or read book California Riparian Systems written by Phyllis M. Faber and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Riparian Ecosystem Recovery in Arid Lands written by Mark Kendig Briggs and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1996-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riparian ecosystems are declining throughout the southwestern United States, where many have disappeared completely; yet progress toward checking their decline has been marginal, and the results of only a few recovery projects have been evaluated. In this guidebook, Mark K. Briggs has filled this gap in riparian conservation literature. Based on his experiences gleaned from evaluating the results of many riparian rehabilitation projects, Briggs presents these results in a manner that biologists, hydrologists, government planners, resource managers, and other concerned citizens can immediately apply toward developing site-specific recovery strategies. The book opens with a review of watershed characteristics and an examination of drainage systems, then proceeds to determining the causes of riparian decline. It introduces five factors that have a significant effect on the results of riparian rehabilitation--natural regeneration, water availability, channel stability, direct impacts such as livestock grazing and recreational activities, and soil salinity--and offers case studies that demonstrate how revegetation has been used both effectively and ineffectively. It also discusses strategies other than revegetation that may be effective in improving the ecological condition of a site. Many of the strategies presented are also relevant to nonarid climates and to urban areas. By emphasizing evaluation of riparian ecosystems, so that the causes of degradation can be understood, and by offering general approaches that can be tailored to specific situations, Riparian Ecosystem Recovery in Arid Lands takes a holistic approach to riparian recovery that will enable users to better judge whether recovery expenditures are likely to produce desired results. An unprecedented work, it will substantially add to efforts across the Southwest and elsewhere to restore these unique and priceless ecosystems. CONTENTS 1 An Overview: Background on Riparian Ecosystems / Lessons Learned from Past Riparian Recovery Efforts / An Evaluation Strategy / Defining Some Important Terms 2 Considering the Damaged Riparian Area from a Watershed Perspective: Case Study 1: Rincon Creek / Taking Advantage of Available Information / Getting to Know the Watershed / Getting to Know the Stream 3 Impacts within the Riparian Zone: Livestock / Case Study 2: Sheepshead Spring / Recreation / Competition from Nonnative Species / Wildlife 4 Natural Recovery in Riparian Ecosystems: Case Study 3: Aravaipa Creek / Factors Influencing Natural Recovery / Case Study 4: McEuen Seep / Autoecology of Selected Southwestern Riparian Tree Species / Case Study 5: Boulder Creek 5 Water Availability: Case Study 6: Box Bar / How Groundwater Decline Occurs / Evaluating Groundwater Conditions / Revegetating Riparian Ecosystems Characterized by Groundwater Decline 6 The Drainageway: Channel Instability and Riparian Ecosystems / Case Study 7: Babocomari River / Channel Dynamics / Strategies for Evaluating Channel Stability / Developing Recovery Projects along Unstable Alluvial Stream Channels 7 Soil Salinity and Riparian Ecosystems: Effects of Soil Salinity on Plant Growth / The Soil Survey / Soil Salinity and Revegetation 8 Developing the Recovery Plan: Developing Project Objectives / Selecting the Best Site / Local, State, and Federal Permit Requirements / Identifying Model Areas / Critical Components of the Recovery Plan / Community Involvement / Demonstration Sites / Postproject Evaluation and Monitoring
Download or read book Methods for Evaluating Riparian Habitats with Applications to Management written by William S. Platts and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems written by Society for Ecological Restoration International and published by . This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established by the USDA Forest Service in 1993, the Great Basin Ecosystem Management Project for Restoring and Maintaining Sustainable Riparian Ecosystems is a large-scale research study that uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the effects of climate change and human disturbance on riparian areas. Structured as a collaborative effort between management and research, the project focuses on understanding the geomorphic, hydrologic, and biotic processes that underlie riparian structure and function and the interrelated responses of those processes to disturbances, both natural and anthropogenic. Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems, edited by Jeanne C. Chambers and Jerry R. Miller, presents the approach used by the researchers to study and understand riparian areas in the Great Basin region. It summarizes the current state of knowledge about those areas and provides insights into the use of the information generated by the project for the restor-ation and management of riparian ecosystems. Because semi-arid ecosystems like the Great Basin are highly sensitive to climate change, the study considered how key processes are affected by past and present climate. Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems also examines the processes over a continuum of temporal and spatial scales. Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems addresses restoration over a variety of scales and integrates work from multiple disciplines, including riparian ecology, paleoecology, geomorphology, and hydrology. While the focus is on the Great Basin, the general approach is widely applicable, as it describes a promising new strategy for developing restoration and management plans, one based on sound principles derived from attention to natural systems.
Download or read book Riparian Area Management written by United States. Bureau of Land Management. Proper Functioning Condition Work Group and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Riparian Adaptive Management Symposium A Conservation between Scientists and Management written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
