Roads Riparian Restoration: Riparian Considerations

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Presenter: Lisa Lewis
Length: 2 Parts, 26 min 23 s

View: Part 1 | Part 2

       Topics:

       Part 1

• Riparian Considerations
• Goals
• What is a Riparian Area
• Riparian Areas - Lentic
• Riparian Areas - Lotic
• Riparian Considerations
• Water Storage in Riparian Areas
• Healthy Riparian Areas
• Roads- Riparian- Restoration- and Management
• Seeing the Bigger Picture
• Water Catchment- Geology- and Climate
• Geology Determines
• Climate Determines
• Forested Mountains to Grassy Plains
• How Roads Affect Riparian Health
• Surface Erosion
• Major Landslides
• Roads Provide Many Opportunities
• Place for Relaxation
• Canvas for Talented Artists
• Unfortunately Roads Cannot Substitute for a Creek
• Road Maintenance and Improvement Needs
• Thin Line Between Love and Hate
• Riparian Components
• Key Points
• Creeks and Communities

       Part 2

• Mountain Roads of Tomorrow
• Roads are not the Only Reason
• Riparian Components
• Schumms Model
• Source or Headwater Reaches
• Transfer Reaches
• Depositional Reaches
• Keeping the Balance
• Components of a Healthy Riparian Area
• Mechanisms of Change
• Riparian Areas Changed by Us
• Loss of Riparian Vegetation and Streambed Disturbance
• Reduced Water Quality and Water Quantity
• Altered Floodplains and Constricted Channels
• Channel Widening
• Channel Entrenchment and Straightening
• Bring People Together
• What Riparian Reaches are your Roads Travelling Through
• Riparian Components

These presentations were produced by Michael J. Furniss and Jeff Guntle, of the US Forest Service, PNW and PSW Research Stations.
US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Stream Systems Technology Center