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How is riparian health measured?
Understanding what riparian health looks like and why it matters
Riparian areas:
Are dynamic and hard to delineate
Face pressures from land use & development
Are best assessed for intactness, health, or condition using multiple tools or methods
3 methods used to assess riparian areas:
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Indicate level of function and ecological services
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Allow tracking and monitoring over time
To learn more about each individual method or see how health and intactness are measured, click on the method image below
Together, these methods:
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Act as proxies to see if ecological functions are occurring
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Create a complementary, holistic picture
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Are selected based on management goals
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Various methods:
Riparian Assessment Validation for North Saskatchewan Region Lakes:
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This new study report used desktop and field based methods to test the accuracy of Satellite riparian assessments.
An overview of each method's
strengths and weaknesses.
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