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Manage riparian vegetation to optimize shade to streams

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Approach

Manage riparian vegetation to optimize shade to streams

Tactics

  • Plant trees in riparian areas
  • Maintain or enhance shade to streams
  • Increase sinuosity in channels
  • Eliminate human disturbances affecting width to depth ratio

Citation

Hudec, J.L.; Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J., eds. (201X). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in Southwest Washington. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-xxx. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. In press.