Riparian Ecosystems and Fish Habitat

The goal of this project is to examine the status of riparian forest ecosystems adjacent to fish-bearing and non-fish-bearing streams in the Nichyeskwa Creek watershed. The project estimates the disturbance frequency in natural riparian forests along different types of streams, calculates the age class distribution of natural plus managed riparian forest, and then uses the methods described in the Monitoring Framework to estimate risk to riparian ecosystems and fish habitat.