What have we learned, and what is new in watershed science?

Robert Ziemer; Leslie M. Reid

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What have we learned, and what is new in watershed science?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert Ziemer, Leslie M. Reid

Year:

1997

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Sari Sommarstrom (ed). What is watershed stability? Proceedings, Sixth Biennial Watershed Management Conference. 23-25 October 1996. Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada. University of California, Water Resources Center Report No. 92, Davis, California. p. 43-56.

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Abstract

Abstract - Important new lessons are not in technical details, but in how to scale up the details to apply to large watersheds and landscapes. Nearly three years of experience with the Northwest Forest Plan have revealed some major new challenges in the fields of watershed science. In particular, managers and resource specialists engaged in watershed analysis continue to struggle in three principal areas: 1) issue identification and integration of information from multiple disciplines; 2) establishing the context of issues within a multiplicity of spatial scales; and 3) establishing the context of issues within a multiplicity of temporal scales.

Keywords

PSW4351, watershed analysis, watershed restoration, Redwood Creek basin, geomorphology, ecosystems, interdisciplinary approach

Citation

Ziemer, Robert R.; Reid, Leslie M. 1997. What have we learned, and what is new in watershed science?. In: Sari Sommarstrom (ed). What is watershed stability? Proceedings, Sixth Biennial Watershed Management Conference. 23-25 October 1996. Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada. University of California, Water Resources Center Report No. 92, Davis, California. p. 43-56.