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Riparian Area Monitoring: Short and Long-Term Checks

This monitoring report assesses the short and long-term health of riparian areas, evaluating if agreed-upon goals are being achieved. The report includes observations from various locations and highlights examples of healthy riparian areas.

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Riparian Area Monitoring: Short and Long-Term Checks

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  1. MONITORING

  2. Monitoring • Periodic Checks - Are we accomplishing what we agreed to do?

  3. SHORT TERM (What is happening this year?) • LONG TERM (What is happening over several years?)

  4. SHORT TERM

  5. Warm Springs Summit, Payette NF, ID

  6. Curlew Grasslands, Caribou NF, Malad, ID

  7. Crow Creek, Caribou NF, ID

  8. Stump Creek, Caribou NF, ID

  9. Elk Tracks, Bank Displacement, Boise NF, ID

  10. CARO/CANE, Bridger-Teton NF, WY

  11. Mesic Graminoid Type, ID

  12. Nebraska sedge, Caribou NF, ID

  13. Re-growth after use - Nebraska sedge

  14. Nebraska sedge, stubble height 6”

  15. Side (edge) browsing - Booth willow

  16. LONG TERM

  17. Woody species sampling on greenline, Strawberry River, Uinta NF

  18. CAAQ & CALA, Manti Lasal NF

  19. Damage & Natural erosion, 7-Mile Creek, Fishlake NF

  20. Livestock trampling-bank slopes backward, Payette NF, ID

  21. Redtop (Agrostis stolonifera)

  22. Stabilizing sedges behind aspen log, Strawberry River, Uinta NF, UT

  23. Young Salix drumondiana

  24. Willow stream, narrow bottom, Herd Creek

  25. Willow species diversity, Fontinelle Creek, Kemmerer, WY

  26. Geyer’s Willow & good condition sedges, Hereford Creek

  27. Willows provide winter temperature moderation

  28. Geyer’s & Booth Willows - Stabilizers

  29. Willow - stabilizer

  30. Salix roots match crowns, 6’+ depth

  31. Alder roots - stabilizer

  32. Mixed roots, sedge/coyote willow

  33. Damaged streambank, Marsh Creek, Sawtooth NF, ID

  34. Good willow/sedges, Montpelier Creek, ID

  35. Stream Meander

  36. Teton National Park, WY - Stream Edge Lacks Potential for Willows

  37. Brookgrass acts as a temporary filter.

  38. Greenline of non-hydrophytic plant species.

  39. HEALTHY RIPARIAN AREA EXAMPLE

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