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Confluence Park
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Stream:
LaVerkin
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Watershed:
Virgin
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State: UT
Survey Date:
Sat, 05/22/2010 - 9:50am
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): 0297236E
Upstream (UTM): 4120267N
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| NAD: 83
Downstream (UTM): 0296964E
Downstream (UTM): 4119904N
Elevation: 914 meters
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(UTM) Start: 0297068E
(UTM) Start: 4120056N
Upstream or down? Upstream
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Scores:
WQ 3.5
HG 3.8
F/AH 2.8
RV 3.4
TWH 2.5
Overall 3.2
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| Water Quality |
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4 |
1 |
Algal Growth |
%=5 |
| 3 |
2 |
Channel Shading |
%=18 |
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| 3.5 |
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Mean Score |
| Notes: We had to feel for algae or remove rocks to see, because water so turbid and cloudy |
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| Hydrogeomorphology |
| 1 |
3 |
Floodplain Connection |
| 5 |
4 |
Vertical Bank Stability |
%=4 |
| 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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| Fish/Aquatic Habitat |
| 1 |
8 |
Riffle-Pool Distribution |
| 2 |
9 |
Underbank Cover |
%=3 |
| 3 |
10 |
Cobble Embeddedness |
%=40 |
| 5 |
11 |
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity |
| 3 |
12 |
Large Woody Debris |
| 3 |
13 |
Overbank Cover |
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| 2.8 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: limited macroinvertebrates (only one or two on some rocks...most rocks had none)
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| Riparian Vegetation |
| 3 |
14 |
Riparian Zone Plant Community Structure |
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G=67%
S=59%
MC=47%
UC=14%
avg=46.8%
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| 4 |
15 |
Shrub Demography and Recruitment |
| 4 |
16 |
Tree Demography and Recruitment |
| 1 |
17 |
Non-native Herbaceous Plant Species |
| 2 |
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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| 3.4 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: dominant native shrub = willow (coyote). Limited browsing on other bank (where there was not a veg transect)
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| Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat |
| 3 |
21 |
Shrub Patch Density |
| 2 |
22 |
Mid-canopy Patch Density |
| 3 |
23 |
Upper Canopy Patch Density |
| 2 |
24 |
Fluvial Habitat Density |
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| 2.5 |
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Mean Score |
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| Scores |
| WQ |
HG |
F/AH |
RV |
TWH |
OVERALL |
| 3.5 |
3.8 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
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