Feasibility of Mapping Riparian Habitats Under Natural Conditions in California

Abstract

The California State Water Resources Control Board is conducting hearings to set quantity and quality standards for river flows into San Francisco Bay. Comparisons of present conditions with "natural conditions" prior to European settlement were introduced into the hearings. Consumptive use relations were developed for various riparian and water-related plants, and estimates of the total annual volume of runoff production and consumptive use were developed. A discussion of those computations and a general discussion of the relation of historic riparian forests to "natural flows" into San Francisco Bay is presented.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the California riparian systems conference: protection, management, and restoration for the 1990s; 1988 September 22-24; Davis, CA.

Citation

Dawdy, David R. 1989. Feasibility of Mapping Riparian Habitats Under Natural Conditions in California. In: Abell, Dana L., Technical Coordinator. 1989. Proceedings of the California Riparian Systems Conference: protection, management, and restoration for the 1990s; 1988 September 22-24; Davis, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-110. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 63-68