Timeline: This project began in 2016 and is continuing currently.
Project Description and Goals: This project is being conducted through the Cal Poly Humboldt River Institute with Bill Trush as the principal investigator and James Graham as to co-principal investigator. The project focuses on the continued development of a long-term monitoring methodology that will objectively evaluate ecological performance of the Synthesis Report (2010) and its instream flow recommendations. For the evaluation of the riparian area, riparian tree stem lengths are measured under varied geomorphic settings which are affected by allocated water availability. Stream channel morphology attributes, that do not require fixed monitoring stations, are sampled to observe changes resulting from different water year types. Three spectral imagery recorded with a UAV is also being investigated as alternatives for physical tree stem length measurements as a way to quantify riparian species vigor.
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