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Below Canon Media
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Stream:
Las Huertas
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Watershed:
Las Huertas
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State: NM
Survey Date:
Thu, 05/06/2010 - 10:00am
Background information available.
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| Observers:
Roy Jemison and USFS trainees
E-mail: rjemison@fs.fed.us
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Address: USDA Forest Service - Southwestern Region 333 Broadway Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102-3497
Phone: 505-842-3255
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| (UTM) Zone: 13
Upstream (UTM): 0371563E
Upstream (UTM): 3901598N
Elevation: 2176 meters
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| NAD: 83
Downstream (UTM): 0371850E
Downstream (UTM): 3901899N
Elevation: 2161 meters
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(UTM) Start: 0371563E
(UTM) Start: 3901598N
Upstream or down? Upstream
USGS Quad Map: PBS10
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Scores:
WQ 4.5
HG 2.6
F/AH 3.5
RV 4.4
TWH 3.3
Overall 3.7
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| Water Quality |
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5 |
1 |
Algal Growth |
%=0 |
| 4 |
2 |
Channel Shading |
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| 4.5 |
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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 |
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| Hydrogeomorphology |
| 1 |
3 |
Floodplain Connection |
| 5 |
4 |
Vertical Bank Stability |
| 5 |
5 |
Hydraulic Habitat Diversity |
| 1 |
6 |
Riparian Area Soil Integrity |
| 1 |
7 |
Beaver Activity |
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| 2.6 |
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Mean Score |
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| Fish/Aquatic Habitat |
| 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 |
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| 3.5 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: Orders of macros" damselflies, mayflies, segmented (aquatic) worm, plenarian (flatworm), caddisflies
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| Riparian Vegetation |
| 4 |
14 |
Riparian Zone Plant Community Structure |
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G=92%
S=71%
MC=34%
UC=28%
avg=56.3%
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| 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 |
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| 4.4 |
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Mean Score |
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| Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat |
| 5 |
21 |
Shrub Patch Density |
| 4 |
22 |
Mid-canopy Patch Density |
| 3 |
23 |
Upper Canopy Patch Density |
| 1 |
24 |
Fluvial Habitat Density |
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| 3.3 |
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Mean Score |
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| Scores |
| WQ |
HG |
F/AH |
RV |
TWH |
OVERALL |
| 4.5 |
2.6 |
3.5 |
4.4 |
3.3 |
3.7 |
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