PPT-River Ecology and Environmental Flows

Eric S Hersh The University of Texas at Austin Center for Research in Water Resources Arc Hydro River Workshop December 1 2010 Outline Context within Arc Hydro River Motivation Environmental Flows. Looking for the BEST, most competitive pricing for an exciting fishing adventure with an expert guide, quality equipment, and your choice of fishing venue… You’ve found it! Steel Dreams Guide Service offers fishing adventures on a new state of the art 24’ Willie Predator sled, or a peaceful day of drift-fishing through panoramic scenery on a 20’ drift boat. Experience Washington’s premier rivers – the Snake, Columbia or Grande Rondé! Whether your appetite is for salmon, steelhead, small mouth bass or sturgeon – novice or an experienced angler – Steel Dreams is your ultimate guide service. (LSU BIOL 4253, Section 3, Fall 2015). Composite satellite image (“Blue Marble 2012”) from Wikimedia Commons. A312 Life . Sciences . Annex. kharms@lsu.edu. Dr. Kyle E. Harms. http://. www.kharms.biology.lsu.edu. February 12, 2015. Flaming Gorge Dam Experimental Releases. Background. 2005 EIS to analyze implementing 2000 Flow and Temperature Recommendations. 2006 Record of Decision Specifies Implementation Process. Vegetation and Terrestrial Wildlife. Vegetation. Plant Communities. Disturbance. Unique Communities. Wildlife. Amphibians and Reptiles. Birds. Mammals. Terrestrial Ecology: Vegetation. Goals of vegetation sampling on ODOT projects. Laikipia. Ryan . R. . Unks. Integrative Conservation in Forestry and Natural . Resources . University of Georgia. July 16th, . 2014. Pastoralism. Specialized breeds of livestock that tolerate drought, high heat, and migration. By 3. rd. Class. . The river . B. lackwater . runs through Kerry, Cork and Waterford. . The River Blackwater. by . Callum. and Julie. The river Blackwater is 1.1 . km . long. . It is the second largest river next to mighty Shannon. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in Kerry and flows eastward . holism. reductionism. climax community. Organicism. teleology. deep ecology. Gaia theory . positive versus negative biotic interactions. pristine myth. Films often portray organisms and ecological interactions . By Pete Rust – IDFG. & Jason Flory – USFWS. Presented by: David Swank - USFWS. Libby Operations – 2016. May . final April-August volume runoff forecast of 5.8 million . acre-feet put us in . In 1951, . National Geographic . termed the Merrimack River “a veritable slave in service of industry”. . Has a terrible reputation due to toxic dumping and the “sludge” that formed due to industrial dumping . Eric S. Hersh. The University of Texas at Austin. Center for Research in Water Resources. Arc Hydro River Workshop. December 1, 2010. Outline. Context within Arc Hydro River. Motivation. Environmental Flows. Background on 1999 Flow Recommendations for the San Juan River. February 12-13, 2015. Goals of Flow Recs. and SJRIP. Conserve populations of CPM and RBS. Proceed with water development. 7-Year Research Period. Lecture Presentation by . Nicole . Tunbridge. and. Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Discovering Ecology. Ecology. is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment. *small scale geological events affect evolution over generations.. abiotic. conditions. A traveler should be a botanist, . for in all views plants form . the chief embellishment. Charles Darwin,. The Voyage of the Beagle. Belize. Anza-Borrego Desert,. California. Manning Park. Lab 1 . Fish Ecology:. is . the study of the processes influencing the distribution and abundance of fishes, the interactions among fishes, and the interactions between fishes with their environment..