2010-05-06 - Las Huertas

Reach: Below Canon Media Stream: Las Huertas Watershed: Las Huertas
State: NM Survey Date: Thu, 05/06/2010 - 10:00am Background information available.
Observers: Roy Jemison and USFS trainees E-mail: rjemison@fs.fed.us
Address: USDA Forest Service - Southwestern Region 333 Broadway Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102-3497 Phone: 505-842-3255
(UTM) Zone: 13 Upstream (UTM): 0371563E Upstream (UTM): 3901598N Elevation: 2176 meters
NAD: 83 Downstream (UTM): 0371850E Downstream (UTM): 3901899N Elevation: 2161 meters
(UTM) Start: 0371563E (UTM) Start: 3901598N Upstream or down? Upstream

USGS Quad Map: PBS10

Scores: WQ 4.5 HG 2.6 F/AH 3.5 RV 4.4 TWH 3.3 Overall 3.7

Water Quality
Score Indicator Number Indicator
5 1 Algal Growth
%=0
4 2 Channel Shading

4.5 Mean Score
Notes: There were a number of "n/a's" for algal growth counts, because of extreme difficulty in navigating the very willow choked channel

Hydrogeomorphology
Score Indicator Number Indicator
1 3 Floodplain Connection
5 4 Vertical Bank Stability
5 5 Hydraulic Habitat Diversity
1 6 Riparian Area Soil Integrity
1 7 Beaver Activity

2.6 Mean Score

Fish/Aquatic Habitat
Score Indicator Number Indicator
1 8 Riffle-Pool Distribution
2 9 Underbank Cover
%=4
3 10 Cobble Embeddedness
%=29
5 11 Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity
5 12 Large Woody Debris
5 13 Overbank Cover

3.5 Mean Score
Notes: Orders of macros" damselflies, mayflies, segmented (aquatic) worm, plenarian (flatworm), caddisflies

Riparian Vegetation
Score Indicator Number Indicator
4 14 Riparian Zone Plant Community Structure
G=92%
S=71%
MC=34%
UC=28%
avg=56.3%
4 15 Shrub Demography and Recruitment
5 16 Tree Demography and Recruitment
4 17 Non-native Herbaceous Plant Species
5 18 Non-native Woody Plant Species
5 19 Grazing Impacts on Ground Cover
5 20 Browsing Impacts on Shrubs and Small Trees

4.4 Mean Score

Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat
Score Indicator Number Indicator
5 21 Shrub Patch Density
4 22 Mid-canopy Patch Density
3 23 Upper Canopy Patch Density
1 24 Fluvial Habitat Density

3.3 Mean Score

Scores
WQ HG F/AH RV TWH OVERALL
4.5 2.6 3.5 4.4 3.3 3.7

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