Since the last reporting period, the project team has been focused on conducting spatial analyses of habitat complexity at tributary junctions and finalizing the decision support model and report on the Colorado River. The decision support model was completed and report finalized and designed to inform restoration opportunities on the Colorado River corridor in Utah. The final draft of the CO report is awaiting final USGS review and layout for publication as an Open File Report. Results of the study were presented at the USGS River Restoration workshop in Flagstaff, AZ, June 23-24. As per USGS requirements, spatial datasets (the decision support tool) will be made public when the Open File Report is available for general use. For the tributary study, the project team has generated spatial datasets, models and statistical output to understand how tributaries may or may not influence riparian habitat complexity and channel types along regulated mainstem rivers. Finally, we have begun to draft the publication for a peer-reviewed journal and a report with recommendations to the Dolores River Restoration Partnership (DRRP) for restoration outcomes.
