| Reach:
Park Boundary Above Trees Ranch
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Stream:
East Fork Virgin
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Watershed:
Virgin
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State: UT
Survey Date:
Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:30am
Background information available.
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| Observers:
Peter Stacey and RSRA trainees
E-mail: pstacey@unm.edu
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Address: 12 Calle Perezoso, Santa Fe, NM 87507-0146
Phone: (505)629-9936
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| (UTM) Zone: 12
Upstream (UTM): 0325510E
Upstream (UTM): 4114604N
Elevation: 1192 meters
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| NAD: 83
Downstream (UTM): 0325066E
Downstream (UTM): 4114341N
Elevation: 1185 meters
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(UTM) Start: 0325122E
(UTM) Start: 4114354N
Upstream or down? Upstream
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Scores:
WQ 2
HG 3.8
F/AH 3.3
RV 4.3
TWH 2.3
Overall 3.1
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| Water Quality |
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2 |
1 |
Algal Growth |
%=37 |
| 2 |
2 |
Channel Shading |
%=1 |
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| 2 |
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Mean Score |
| Notes: Nutrients may have appeared due to fires upstream. Chara spp. found along stream and may be indication of alkaline soils. Rocks were somewhat "cemented" at places along reach |
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| Hydrogeomorphology |
| 1 |
3 |
Floodplain Connection |
| 5 |
4 |
Vertical Bank Stability |
%=1 |
| 5 |
5 |
Hydraulic Habitat Diversity |
| 5 |
6 |
Riparian Area Soil Integrity |
%=1 |
| 3 |
7 |
Beaver Activity |
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| 3.8 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: Used currently active floodplain for Indicator 3. Observed 2 active beaver burrows
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| Fish/Aquatic Habitat |
| 2 |
8 |
Riffle-Pool Distribution |
| 3 |
9 |
Underbank Cover |
%=17 |
| 3 |
10 |
Cobble Embeddedness |
%=27 |
| 5 |
11 |
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity |
| 2 |
12 |
Large Woody Debris |
| 5 |
13 |
Overbank Cover |
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| 3.3 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: A few young/small fish observed. Macro-invertebrates orders: Odanata, snail, Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera, and Plecoptera
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| Riparian Vegetation |
| 3 |
14 |
Riparian Zone Plant Community Structure |
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G=84%
S=57%
MC=5%
UC=2%
avg=37%
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| 5 |
15 |
Shrub Demography and Recruitment |
| 5 |
16 |
Tree Demography and Recruitment |
| 2 |
17 |
Non-native Herbaceous Plant Species |
| 5 |
18 |
Non-native Woody Plant Species |
| 5 |
19 |
Grazing Impacts on Ground Cover |
%=0 |
| 5 |
20 |
Browsing Impacts on Shrubs and Small Trees |
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| 4.3 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: Baccharus was native dominant shrub. NPS has removed Russian olive and tamarisk recently. No sign of ungulate use in recent years. Some deer sign observed
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| Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat |
| 3 |
21 |
Shrub Patch Density |
| 2 |
22 |
Mid-canopy Patch Density |
| 2 |
23 |
Upper Canopy Patch Density |
| 2 |
24 |
Fluvial Habitat Density |
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| 2.3 |
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Mean Score |
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| Scores |
| WQ |
HG |
F/AH |
RV |
TWH |
OVERALL |
| 2 |
3.8 |
3.3 |
4.3 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
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