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Title: Using Science to Evaluate Restoration Efforts and Ecosystem Health on the Sacramento River Project, California |
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Abstract/Description: The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and its partners are attempting to restore the riparian
ecosystem of the Sacramento River over ~100 river miles, from Red Bluff to Colusa. To evaluate
baseline ecosystem conditions, determine how the system is responding to current management
practices (including restoration efforts) and better define current threats, TNC is collaborating with
scientists from academic institutions, state and federal agencies, and other non-profit organizations.
Our scientific investigations combine broad-based monitoring and focused research. Monitoring a
wide range of biological, physical and chemical parameters helps us track system dynamics, and
conducting focused research allows us to resolve key uncertainties concerning ecosystem function.
In this paper we introduce important studies that are currently underway and identify future
research needs. Only through comprehensive scientific investigation and coordinated effort will we
achieve our goal of restoring ecosystem health to this complex system.
Associated Projects:
State-and-transition modeling, and the classification of vegitation communities Red Bluff to Clousa, Evolution of backwater habitats, Sacramento River Ecological Indicators Project, Turtles in backwater habitats on the Sacramento River, Meander migration modeling, Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Surveys, Riparian Landscape Change Analysis and Geospatial Modeling, Factors influencing restoration of understory vegetation communities, Factors affecting planted species at restoration sites, Bank Swallow Population and Ecology Studies, Salmonid Use of the Floodplain, Sacramento River Biocomplexity Project: Linking large-scale hydrological and biological processes in restoring riparian forest ecosystems, Peer Review of San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Studies, Non-Aeration Feasibility Studies Criteria Evaluation for the San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL, Peer Review of San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Studies, Non-Aeration Feasibility Studies Criteria Evaluation for the San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL, Peer Review of San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Studies, Peer Review of San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Studies, Non-Aeration Feasibility Studies Criteria Evaluation for the San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen TMDL
Main Subjects:
Water Quality, Hydrology & Geomorphology, Ecosystem Restoration, Habitat / Species, Ecosystem Dynamics
Specific Subjects:
groundwater, monitoring, sediment, flooding, sediment deposition, woody debris, meander zones, oxbows, flood plain, bridges, erosion, geotechnical, computer modeling, evaluation, monitoring, indicators, assessment, adaptive management, weeds, water quality, meander zones, planning, research, flow regime, exotic/invasive species, dams/diversions, endangered species, riparian, aquatic, terrestrial, food web, watershed, woodlands, plants, soil, birds, invertebrates, fish, mammals, reptiles, modeling, isotopes, bio-physical coupling, ecological interactions
Species Keywords:
Big brown bat, Brazilian free-tailed bat, California myotis, Hoary bat, Pallid bat, Red bat, Townsend's big-eared bat, Western pipistrelle, Yuma myotis, Western pond turtle, Western yellow-billed cuckoo, Bank swallow, Black-headed grosbeak, Brown-headed cowbird, Luzuli bunting, Rufous-sided towhee, Chinook salmon
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| Publication & Citation |
Author(s):
Gregory Golet, David Brown, Elizabeth Crone, Karen Holl, Dave Jukkola, G Kondolf, Ryan Luster, Michael Marchetti, Nadav Nur, Bruce Orr, Mary Power, Bill Rainey, Mike Roberts, Joe Silveira, Stacy Small, Dawn Wilson, David Wood, Daryl Peterson, Geoff Geupel, Steven Greco, Eric Larsen, Frank Ligon
Contributor(s):
Citation:
Golet GH, DL Brown, EE Crone, GR Geupel, SE Greco, KD Holl, DE Jukkola, GM Kondolf, EW Larsen, FK Ligon, RA Luster, MP Marchetti, N Nur, BK Orr, DR Peterson, ME Power, WE Rainey, MD Roberts, JG Silveira, SL Small, JC Vick, DS Wilson, & DM Wood. 2003. Using science to evaluate restoration efforts and ecosystem health on the Sacramento River Project, California. Pages 368-385 in PM Faber (editor), California Riparian Systems: Processes and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and Restoration. 2001 Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference Proceedings, Riparian Habitat Joint Venture, Sacramento, CA.
Publisher:
Riparian Habitat Joint Venture
Publication Date:
December
31,
2002
Currentness:
Funder(s):
Point Reyes Bird Observatory,
CALFED,
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Willows, CA (SNWR),
The Nature Conservancy,
Natural Resource Conservation Service,
David and Lucile Packard Foundation,
US Bureau of Reclamation,
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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| Format & Access |
Information Resource Type:
(Documents)
Media Type / Format:
Manuscript
Access Limitations:
Public
Use Limitations:
No Limitations
To Obtain:
Open/Download (off-site link)
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| Location Information |
Cities / Urban Areas:
Counties:
Specific Location Names:
Undefined:
Water / Special Districts:
Watershed / Streams:
Middle Sacramento River
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First Entered by:
Greg Golet on 2003/11/24
Last Edited by:
Greg Golet on 2003/11/24
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