2013 Proposal: A new model of watershed-scale aquatic monitoring from the Crown of the Continent: Quantifying the benefits of watershed restoration in the face of climate change
2013 Proposa
Dates
Date Received
2013
Summary
We are requesting a final year of funding from the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC) to complete the development and implementation of a novel watershed-scale aquatics assessment and monitoring program as part of the 10-year, 1.5 million acre Southwestern Crown of the Continent (SWCC) Collaborative Forest Restoration Project (CFLRP). Pilot efforts funded by the GNLCC in 2011 and 2012 brought together a select group of scientists and managers who worked collaboratively to develop (a) an inventory of erosion and sediment delivery that identified key road segments influencing watershed processes, and (b) an effective monitoring approach that addresses both short- and long-term evaluation of restoration projects [...]
Summary
We are requesting a final year of funding from the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC) to complete the development and implementation of a novel watershed-scale aquatics assessment and monitoring program as part of the 10-year, 1.5 million acre Southwestern Crown of the Continent (SWCC) Collaborative Forest Restoration Project (CFLRP). Pilot efforts funded by the GNLCC in 2011 and 2012 brought together a select group of scientists and managers who worked collaboratively to develop (a) an inventory of erosion and sediment delivery that identified key road segments influencing watershed processes, and (b) an effective monitoring approach that addresses both short- and long-term evaluation of restoration projects on road networks and aquatic ecosystems. Implementation of state-of-the-art inventory and monitoring protocols has leveraged new work with community volunteers, will support better informed management in similar physiographic areas of the GNLCC, and can be used to refine road- and watershed-related monitoring in three other montane LCC's.
