Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Citation | Richardson, JS, Feller, MC, Kiffney, PM. Moore, RD, Mitchell, S and Hinch, S. 2010. Riparian management of small streams: An experimental trial at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin. 13(2):1-4. |
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| Organization | UBC |
| URL | http://siferp.org/sites/default/files/publications/full_issues/Streamline_Vol13_No2.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | ne of the primary tools used around the world for protecting streams from the impacts of forest harvesting is to leave a strip of native vegetation along the stream, either as a riparian reserve (no harvesting) or buffer (some management activities permitted). Despite the widespread use of riparian reserves, there have been few assessments of their effectiveness, and this is especially true of small streams (except see Kiffney et al. 2003). Small streams in particular have been increasingly appreciated over the past decade for their provision of key ecosystem services linking forests to downstream aquatic habitat, as a unique ecosystem in their own right (Richardson et al. 2005b), and for the lack of protection afforded them under most forest management guidelines. Small streams are strongly linked to their surroundings through shading, leaf litter and wood inputs, water quality, bank stability, sediment transport, and nutrient dynamics, and are likely more vulnerable to forest harvesting than larger streams. |
| Information Type | article |
| Regional Watershed | Lower Fraser |
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| Project status | complete |
| Contact Name | John Richardson |
| Contact Email | [email protected] |