Range - Stream Riparian Functions Checklist

• Document No.

• Area

• Tenure Holder

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

Observations

• Yes

  No

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  N/A

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  Date

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Channel structure, function, and diversity

• Channel characteristics (rocks, large woody debris) and associated floodplains (access to overflow areas) are adequate to display energy.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Lateral movement is associated with natural sinuosity.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Erosion, deposition, embeddedness, and movement of bed materials are normal for this reach.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Aspects of channel geometry are in balance with the landscape position.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Inputs of large organic debris and incorporation into the channel are normal for the area.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Banks are undercut (meandering or riffle-pool streams)

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Boulders in streams are moss-covered (step-pool streams).

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Riffle-bed materials and gravels are free of sediment. Fish spawning and use of rock undersides by insects and other invertebrates are possible.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

Biotic Community

• Roots of trees shrubs and graminoids extend into the stream. Roots masses are capable of withstanding high stream flow events and allowing formation of overhanging banks.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• There is recruitment of riparian tree and shrub species that will contribute to replacement woody debris in the foreseeable future.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Riparian habitat and structure have been maintained.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

Hydrology/Soils

• Riparian soil moisture characteristics are maintained.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Bank shearing, soil compaction, and bare ground are uncommon.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

Nutrient Inputs and Water Quality

• Vertebrate and invertebrate life indicate good water quality.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Nutrient inputs are normal (there is a lack of algae mats).

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

• Inputs of fine organic matter from the detritus food chain are appropriate.

  Yes

  No

  Borderline

  N/A

Notes

• Is the desired plant community present (diversity, species, age, structure, form)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the substrate make the stream susceptible to either vertical or lateral erosion?

  Lateral

  Vertical

  Both

• Are the riparian soils subjected to prolonged saturation and anaerobic conditions?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the stream beaver influenced or controlled?

  Yes

  No

  Unknown

• Are there outside factors affecting the dynamics of the system

Beyond tenure holder control

• Land uses beyond the control of the holder

  Select Dams culverts channelized Land Clearing Recreation roads/logging

  • Dams
  • culverts
  • channelized
  • Land Clearing
  • Recreation
  • roads/logging

• Land uses under the control of the holder

  Select clearing dam draining fire grazing mowing structures seeding

  • clearing
  • dam
  • draining
  • fire
  • grazing
  • mowing
  • structures
  • seeding

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  Media

Grass/Forb

• Yes

  No

  N/A

• Second grass or Forb

• % Cover

• Average Stubble Height (cm)

• Third grass or Forb

• % Cover

• Average Stubble Height (cm)

• Yes

  No

  N/A