Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Availability | Need |
| Status | |
| U.S.; regional; local | Ecology of natural, undisturbed riparian ecosystems (particularly in the West) |
| Costs | |
| Planting; other techniques; construction; labor; monitoring; total project; planning; cost: benefit ratios | Cost: benefit analyses (including comparisons with conventional methods, e.g., sewage treatment); costs of all project aspects |
| Functions | |
| Fish and wildlife habitat; hydrologic flow (including flood control); erosion control; water quality improvement; groundwater recharge/discharge; food chain support; recreation; food/timber production | Creating and restoring riparian habitat functions (particularily other than fish and wildlife habitat); monitoring functions; evaluating functions of created or restored riparian ecosystems |
| Planning | |
| Baseline data (vegetation, hydrology, fish and wildlife, water quality, soil, historical, models); goals and objectives; site selection (created/restored, control); design; planning team | Quantifying objectives; incorporating habitat functions in the design; determining causes for ecosystem degradation; evaluating existing and future watershed conditions; determining hydrologic regimes; quantifiying desired recover rates |
| Techniques | |
| Planting (including plant selection, seeding, transplanting, controlling water levels, irrigating, fertilizing, clearing, burning, and using biocides); fencing from cattle; landforming; bank stabilizing and installing instream devices; treating soil (including transplanting soil); stocking fish or beaver | Landforming to incorporate wetland functins; selection and propagation of native plants; selection of plants to fulfill riparian ecosystme functions (e.g., wildlife habitat, erosion control) |
| Monitoring | |
| Parameters (vegetation, hydrology, fish, birds, water quality, soil, invertebrates, mammals, water and soil chemistry, reptiles, amphibians, human use); techniques; time period and frequency | Collecting, analytical, and interpretive techniques; various habitat functions; long- term; nonresident wildlife; mammals; nongame species; nonobligate riparian wildlife |
| Evaluating Success | |
| Plant survival, growth, and succession; fish, wildlife, and invertebrate populations; hydrologic factors; water quality; sedimentation; comparisons with control, natural site, and preproject site | Variety of physical and biotic variables; comparisons with control, natural site, and preproject site; ecosystem functions; long- term evaluations |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/habitat/ripareco/table04.htm
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