Hydrological responses to 21st century management of a coast redwood forest, Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds

Friday, October 27, 2023

3:00pm - 4:00pm PST

Location: Expo Hall

Poster Presenter(s)

Anna C. Thompson, MS (she/her/hers)

Hydrologist
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
Fort Bragg, California, United States

Author(s)

JW

Joe Wagenbrenner, PhD

Research Hydrologist
USDA Forest Service, United States
SD

Salli F. Dymond, PhD

Associate Professor
Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, AZ
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
DC

Drew Coe, RPF

Hydrologist
CAL FIRE, United States
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Fey Egan, MF, RPF

Forester
Cal Fire
Fort Bragg, California, United States

A paired-watershed experiment implemented in the Caspar Creek Experimental watersheds in the 2000s explores how current forest management practices effect watershed processes across of range of harvest intensities in a coast redwood forest. Early results are presented from this collaborative partnership with university, federal, and state scientists and resource managers.

Learning Objectives:

describe potential effects of California forest management practices on watershed processes including forest canopy interception, transpiration, nutrients, streamflow generation, and sediment routing.
describe potential effects of California forest management practices on macroinvertebrate assemblages in the coast redwood forest streams.
list potential effects of California forest management practices on hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes at the tree, plot, hillslope, sub-catchment, and catchment scales.