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Landscape Forum
Fish Habitat Intrinsic Potential - Resident?
Submitted by leebenda on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 19:13.We are searching for habitat intrinsic potential models for resident fish. We are going to implement: McCleary, R. J., and M. A. Hassan. 2008. Predictive modeling and spatial mapping of fish distributions in small streams of the Canadian Rocky Mountain foothills. Canadian Journal Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:319-333.
Does anyone know of other models developed for the PNW or inter mountain west? Thanks
Inner gorge landsliding
Submitted by leebenda on Sat, 01/24/2009 - 00:47.Mystery Inner Gorge Landsliding
Lee Benda
Earth Systems Institute
In basins in northern California, there are cases of widespread and relatively continuous along channel inner gorge landsliding (see photos below). The streamside landsliding appears to be unrelated to land use activities and is occurring in areas of dense forest as well as prairie. Has anyone seen anything similar in other landscapes or know of any literature that addresses the mechanism of along channel inner gorge failures that might be driven by channel processes? Thanks.
