Big-River Monitoring on the Colorado Plateau
Perkins DW, Scott M, Auble G, Wondzell M, Holmquist-Johnson C, Wahlig E, Thomas H, Wight A. 2018. Big-River Monitoring on the Colorado Plateau. Crossroads in Science: Where the Intermountain Region's Resource Stewardship and Science Programs and Centers Meet. :12-16
In response to concerns expressed by resource managers in multiple National Park Service (NPS) units, the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) has implemented a big-rivers monitoring project along the Green and Yampa rivers in Dinosaur National Monument, the Gunnison River at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area, and along the Colorado and Green rivers in Canyonlands National Park. We hypothesize that streamflow regimes will shift in response to increasing human demands on regional water resources, coupled with anticipated climate change. This paper focuses on geomorphic and riparian conditions at two sentinel sites at Dinosaur National Monument (NM). Data from these sites demonstrate the range of information generated by this monitoring project and how it might be used to address relevant management questions.
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- Newsletter Article
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- Perkins, Dustin; Scott, Mike; Auble, Greg; Wondzell, Mark; Holmquist-Johnson, Chris; Wahlig, Eric; Thomas, Helen; Wight, Aneth