Publication Type:
ReportSource:
Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Bureau, Habitat Section, Boise, ID, p.77 p (2012)Call Number:
U12MUR03IDUSKeywords:
outcomes, SWAP, wetland creation, wetland restorationAbstract:
A wetland restoration monitoring and assessment program framework was developed for Idaho. The project goal was to assess outcomes of substantial governmental and private investment in wetland restoration, enhancement, and creation. The functions, values, condition, and vegetation at restored, enhanced, and created wetlands on private and state lands across Idaho were retrospectively evaluated. Assessment was conducted at multiple spatial scales and intensities. Potential functions and values (ecosystem services) were rapidly assessed using the Oregon Rapid Wetland Assessment Protocol. Vegetation samples were analyzed using Floristic Quality Assessment indices from Washington State. We compared vegetation of restored, enhanced, and created wetlands with reference wetlands that occurred in similar hydrogeomorphic environments determined at the HUC 12 level. HUC 12s were classified using cluster analysis according to spatially derived hydrologic, geologic, soils, and climate data into watershed ecological groups. A primary outcome of this project was that stakeholders are better informed about how restoration benefits watershed processes, functions, and services. Managers learned tools to monitor and assess restoration effectiveness. Project planners were informed of the values derived from functioning wetland restoration, enhancement, and creation projects.
Notes:
ELECTRONIC FILE - Ecology; ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Multiple Species
SWAP (2/19/2016) citation:
Murphy C, Weekley T. 2012. Measuring outcomes of wetland restoration, enhancement, and creation in Idaho—assessing potential functions, values, and condition in a watershed context. Boise (ID): Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Bureau, Habitat Section. 77 p. Report prepared for US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10. Wetland Program Development Grant No.: CD–00J006-01.
