Cooperative management of riparian forest habitats to maintain biological quality and ecosystem integrity

David Deardorff; Kathryn Wadsworth

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Cooperative management of riparian forest habitats to maintain biological quality and ecosystem integrity

Informally Refereed

Authors:

David Deardorff, Kathryn Wadsworth

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Shaw, Douglas W.; Finch, Deborah M., tech coords. Desired future conditions for Southwestern riparian ecosystems: Bringing interests and concerns together. 1995 Sept. 18-22, 1995; Albuquerque, NM. General Technical Report RM-GTR-272. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 227-229.

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Abstract

The New Mexico State Land Office has initiated a rare plant survey of state trust land, an inventory and assessment of riparian areas on the trust land, and the development of a biological resources data base and information management system. Some riparian sites that still belong to the trust have been negatively impacted by livestock such that biological quality and ecological integrity of these sites have been reduced. Some sites on state trust land may have high potential for the development or restoration of riparian forests which could serve as essential habitats for neotropical migratory birds. The state land office is currently considering ways to manage trust land and restore riparian sites. This paper reviews potential solutions.

Parent Publication

Desired future conditions for Southwestern riparian ecosystems: Bringing interests and concerns together

Keywords

riparian ecosystems, human dimensions, hydrology, ecology, history, restoration

Citation

Deardorff, David; Wadsworth, Kathryn. 1996. Cooperative management of riparian forest habitats to maintain biological quality and ecosystem integrity. In: Shaw, Douglas W.; Finch, Deborah M., tech coords. Desired future conditions for Southwestern riparian ecosystems: Bringing interests and concerns together. 1995 Sept. 18-22, 1995; Albuquerque, NM. General Technical Report RM-GTR-272. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 227-229.