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Abstract Unpaved forest roads remain a pervasive disturbance on public lands and mitigating sediment from road networks remains a priority for management agencies. Restoring roaded landscapes is becoming increasingly important for many native coldwater fishes that disproportionately rely on public lands for persistence. However, effectively targeting restoration opportunities requires a comprehensive understanding of the effects of roads across different ecosystems. Here, we combine a review and a field study to evaluate the status of knowledge supporting the conceptual framework linking unpaved forest roads with streambed sediment. Through our review, we specifically focused on those studies linking measures of...
Roads are often identified as sources of ecological process disruption. Roads can damage aquatic ecosystems by altering hydrologic, wood, and sediment regimes, degrade water quality, and reduce habitat suitability for aquatic biota. Often sedimentation is singled out as a premiere contributor to degradation. Over the past half century, thousands of miles of roads have been built across federal lands for a variety of purposes. In response to climate change, road restoration is considered a high priority as a means to reduce factors limiting natural processes and native species, particularly as a potential adaptation strategy to assist cold-water fish species. With an extensive road network and limited funding, managers...
Executive Summary: This project expands existing efforts and partnerships through citizen science monitoring as ameans to engage and inform local communities about climate and natural resource issues. We believe that resiliencein the landscape and communities can be enhanced through recognition of climate change and a collective search foradaptation strategies. Coordinators have worked directly with teachers, students, and community volunteers in threecommunities in the Southwestern Crown of the Continent to monitor stream flow, temperature, and turbidity, andforest conditions that will respond to climate change. We have developed curriculum materials and links to theclassroom. This allows teachers to use local...
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