Using GIS technology to analyze and understand wet meadow ecosystems

Joy Rosen; Roy Jemison; David Pawelek; Dan G. Neary

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Using GIS technology to analyze and understand wet meadow ecosystems

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Authors:

Joy Rosen, Roy Jemison, David Pawelek, Dan G. Neary

Year:

1999

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Finch, Deborah M.; Whitney, Jeffrey C.; Kelly, Jeffrey, F.; Loftin, Samuel R. Rio Grande ecosystems: linking land, water, and people: Toward a sustainable future for the Middle Rio Grande Basin. 1998 June 2-5; Albuquerque, NM. Proc. RMRS-P-7. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 175-179.

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Abstract

A Cibola National Forest wet meadow restoration was implemented as part of the Forest Road 49 enhancement near Grants, New Mexico. An Arc/View 3.0 Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to track the recovery of this ecosystem. Layers on topography, hydrology, vegetation, soils and human alterations were compiled using a GPS and commonly available data. Cartographic information allows visual interaction of natural features that could not be interpreted from tabular data sets. First results indicate that stream confinements by the railroad trestle, old channel fill, old two-track roads, Forest Road 49, and mis-graded construction affected the flow and location of spring floodwaters in 1998.

Parent Publication

Rio Grande ecosystems: linking land, water, and people: Toward a sustainable future for the Middle Rio Grande Basin

Keywords

Rio Grande Basin, conservation, watershed, endangered species, sensitive species, restoration

Citation

Rosen, Joy; Jemison, Roy; Pawelek, David; Neary, Daniel. 1999. Using GIS technology to analyze and understand wet meadow ecosystems. In: Finch, Deborah M.; Whitney, Jeffrey C.; Kelly, Jeffrey, F.; Loftin, Samuel R. Rio Grande ecosystems: linking land, water, and people: Toward a sustainable future for the Middle Rio Grande Basin. 1998 June 2-5; Albuquerque, NM. Proc. RMRS-P-7. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 175-179.