Upper Salmon Watershed Vulnerabiltiy Assessment  

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John Chatel, USFS 

About This Presentation

Running time: 19 minutes and 20 seconds

This is part of a collection. See more from Understanding & Adapting in Aquatic Ecosystems at Landscape and River Basin Scales.

Topics covered:

• Sawtooth National Recreation Area
• Baseline
• Establishing Baselines
• Establishing Baselines (Bayesian Belief Networks)
• Overall Physical Condition
• Bull Trout Distribution
• Risks and Threats
• Risks
• Threats
• Composite Threats
• Overall Threats and Risks
• Climate Change (Exposure)
• Observed and Predicted Changes
• Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC)
• VIC Outputs (A1B climate scenario)
• Water Temperature Model
• Results
• Winter 95 (Peak Flows)
• Mean Summer (Low Flow)
• Summer Maximum Weekly Temperature
• Ecological Departure for Bull Trout (Climate Induced Change)
• Population Persistence
• So What Can We Do?
• What if Restoration is Not Enough?

Production by: Michael Furniss and Jeffrey Guntle, Communications and Applications, PNW and PSW Research Stations

Video by: Freshwaters Illustrated.