The Western Governors Association has sponsored an assessment of crucial habitats which will be used for the evaluation of landscape-scale energy, land use, and transportation projects. At present, this assessment does not incorporate ecological integrity or stream-network connectivity into its assessment of aquatic habitats. This proposal will address in both Oregon and Washington states the need to incorporate ecological integrity and stream network connectivity into the Western Governors assessment of aquatic crucial habitats.
FY2012Objectives:
To incorporate ecological integrity and stream-network connectivity into the Western Governors assessment of aquatic crucial habitats for Oregon and Washington. The resulting products will be part of the state-based and regional-level CHAT decision support systems.Develop conceptual models of aquatic crucial habitatCompare and evaluate ecological integrity assessmentsCreate mock stream temperature spatial dataDesign and assemble prototype model of crucial habitatDesign alternative models of aquatic crucial habitatAssemble and evaluate alternative models of aquatic crucial habitat
