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Streamflow

Streamflow. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Sitka National Historical Park. Justification. Streamflow an essential component of SE Alaskan landscape Specific park issues: Glacial outburst flooding; water diversions (SITK )

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Streamflow

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  1. Streamflow Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Sitka National Historical Park Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  2. Justification Streamflow an essential component of SE Alaskan landscape Specific park issues: Glacial outburst flooding; water diversions (SITK) Climate change Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  3. Objective Assess current status and long-term trends in streamflow Monitor in all three parks Link with water quality and other vital signs Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  4. Technical Approach USGS standard protocol: Recording water level sensor 3-6 discharge measurements/year Calculate flow from water level using rating curve. Indian River at Sitka Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  5. Technical Approach KLGO, GLBA: USGS SITK: Park/Contractor model vs. Park-only? Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  6. Klondike Gold Rush, Taiya River Taiya River Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

  7. Glacier Bay, Alsek River GLACIER BAYNATIONAL PRESERVE AlsekLake Alsek River Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

  8. Sitka, Indian River (2 gages) Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

  9. Logistics and Budget Staffing 10-20 workdays/site (4-6 site visits/year) Data Management Cost Protocol Development Flowmeter ~$8-10k Annual Contracts/Agreements $10k/park Annual Equipment Replacement Water Level Sensors $1-2k Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  10. Challenges Matching funds Park staff have limited training in gage maintenance/discharge measurement SEAN/parks not currently prepared to do calculations in-house Alsek gage has large data gaps Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  11. What we’re learning Willing cooperators Streamflow in three rivers SITK water rights Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

  12. Program Delivery KLGO & GLBA Increased information on glacial river dynamics SITK Invertebrate data linkage Water withdrawals compliance Data series report SITK & GLBA Direct linkage with water quality monitoring Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

  13. craig_s_smith@nps.gov 907.747.0182 Southeast Alaska Network Inventory and Monitoring Program May 6, 2009

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