Watershed Analysis
R2 conducts watershed level analyses and coordinates planning efforts to assess the cumulative effects of forest and road management activities on natural resources. Our watershed analyses are designed to provide information on fish, wildlife, riparian and upslope conditions. This technical information is used to identify road and harvest management strategies that protect natural resources and water quality while allowing for the economic utilization of timber resources.
R2's team of biologists and engineers have the interdisciplinary skills to conduct comprehensive assessments that provide the technical information necessary to satisfy these types of planning objectives. We also maintain working relationships with other consulting firms that specialize in the analysis of forest inventories and yield. Examples of the types of work we conduct include:
Watershed Analysis
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Assessment of fisheries resources including: distribution and abundance, riparian functions, fish habitat, stream channel assessments, and mitigation/management
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Assessment of wildlife habitat (e.g., WHR types), surveys for wildlife species, and evaluation of present/future habitat suitability and connectivity
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Assessment of physical watershed processes such as mass wasting, soil erosion, hydrology, and channel geomorphology
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Development of effective planning documents that can be used by foresters to guide land management decisions
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Analysis of hillslope and channel sensitivity to resource management
Watershed Level Evaluations
Evaluation of harvest / road impacts on sedimentation and hydrology
Channel stability and sediment transport capability studies
Integration of long-term harvest planning and fish / wildlife needs
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Analysis of cumulative watershed effects on water, fish, and wildlife
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Assessment of urbanization and point and non-point source pollution
Sustained Timber Yield Plan (SYP) Documents
Development of methods and strategies to prepare SYPs
Integration of environmental constraints into forest inventory and yield analyses
Management of interdisciplinary efforts to prepare SYPs and Option A's
Development of public relations campaigns involving public hearings, press releases, and newsletters
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