Doan Creek Restoration Photomonitoring
Upper Columbia Basin Network and Rodhouse TJ. Doan Creek Restoration Photomonitoring. 2006
Photomonitoring riparian vegetation along restored Doan Creek in Whitman Mission National Historic Site. The National Park Service initiated a photomonitoring program in Whitman Mission in 2006 to capture the changes underway along Doan Creek. Fifteen permanent photopoints were strategically located along Doan Creek. Measurements of the distance between the camera and photopoints, camera focal length, and camera height above ground were made in order to facilitate replication of photos each year. This careful approach may allow quantitative as well as qualitative interpretation of the changes that occur over time. To date, substantial changes have occurred as weedy non-native herbaceous vegetation has been replaced by native willows and wild rye, which were planted in 2007. Periodic re-photography of these points will continue to provide graphic documentation of the restoration success over time.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Upper Columbia Basin Network; Rodhouse, Thomas
- Units
- WHMI
- Keywords
- Monitoring, photomonitoring, Restoration, Riparian, Whitman Mission National Historic Site