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Assessing stream and riparian conditions Stream Habitat Assessment Conducted yearly Document all observations Pictures, pictures and more pictures! 2 Transect 3 Stream Reach 4 Stream Habitat Type 5 Riffle 6 Run 7 Pool 8

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Assessing stream and riparian conditions

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Stream Habitat Assessment

 Conducted yearly  Document all observations  Pictures, pictures and more pictures!

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Transect

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Stream Reach

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Stream Habitat Type

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Riffle

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Run

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Pool

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Streambed Substrate

 Embeddedness

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Pebble Count Survey

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V F P P C P Very Coarse Pebble Small Cobble Large Cobble

Small Boulder 1 – 2 lengths Medium Boulder 3 – 4 lengths Large Boulder > 4 lengths

The Wolmanator (DEQ)

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Pebble Count Survey

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Streambanks

 A stable stream bank is a sign of a stable stream

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Eroded Cut Bank

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Vegetated Cut Bank

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Sloping Bank

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Sand/Gravel Bar

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Rip Rap

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Constructed Bank

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Channel Shape

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Trapezoidal Rectangular Inverse Trapezoidal

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Stream Sinuosity

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Micro-Habitats

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Canopy Cover

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Riparian Zone

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 Area of native vegetation directly adjacent to

stream banks

 Healthy riparian zone will have diversity of plants

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Riparian Zone Plant Cover

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Adjacent Landuse

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Human Use Activities

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Evidence of Human Use

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Photographs

 Upload onto database  Details

 Site number  Direction of photo

(upstream/downstream)

 Date

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Questions?

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