UERLA Report: Evaluation of Manassas National Battlefield Park Young’s Branch Survey Data
Gerenday SP. UERLA Report: Evaluation of Manassas National Battlefield Park Young’s Branch Survey Data. National Park Service. National Capital Region
Manassas National Battlefield Park (MANA) marks the site of the two Battles of Bull Run in Prince George County, Virginia and features approximately 2,150 acres of grasslands and fields and 2,000 acres of woods. Its most notable hydrologic feature is Bull Run, which runs along the northeast edge of the park. The park contains several other streams, including Young’s Branch, which flows from west to east across the park (Thomas et al., 2011) and feeds into Bull Run. Maintaining Young’s Branch, as well as the other streams in the park, is a natural and cultural resource issue. MANA strives to preserve the historic character of the site by keeping as much of it as possible as it was during the Civil War and also works to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Tension exists between these two goals regarding matters such as creating vegetative buffers along stream banks, which would help to prevent lateral erosion but could block views that the park wishes to keep clear.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Gerenday, Sarah
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MANA
- Keywords
- flooding, GIS, hydrologic modeling, Landscape & Resource Assessment, lidar, preservation, SIP, UERLA, Young's Branch, youth