Graduate Student California Polytechnic State University Kerman, California, United States
This study quantifies the hydrologic response following the removal of encroached lodgepole pine in historic meadow habitat near Lake Almanor, California. Meadows are important within forest ecosystems because they provide multiple watershed services and are biodiversity hotspots. This study promotes better understanding of how meadow restoration may improve forestland management.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, the participant will be able to describe how forest management can create changes in soil moisture and groundwater levels to restore meadow habitat. This will be completed using before and after forest management visualizations and statistical results of soil moisture and groundwater level data collected at restored meadows.
Upon completion, the participant will be able to describe changes in meadow hydrologic data seasonally, following forest management, and following wildfire. The hydrologic data includes trends in soil moisture and groundwater levels for the restored meadows, as well as changes to the overall meadow wetness since the removal of encroaching pines.
