The United States Forest Service
Lake Tahoe Basin Management
Unit and researchers at the University
of Nevada at Reno recently completed an assessment of
channel conditions and wildlife habitat in the riparian corridors of
fifteen streams in the Tahoe Basin. This study was funded in part by
the California Tahoe Conservancy.
The study produced several sets of geographic data for each of the riparian
corridors. That data is now available for download.
Types of data (click to see samples):
Ground Cover Classification,
Channel Classification,
Videography Images,
Digital Images
Streams included in the study (click to access download page):
"A" Priority Streams:
Big Meadow,
Blackwood Creek,
Burton Creek,
Cold Creek,
Meeks Creek,
Taylor Creek,
Trout Creek,
Upper Truckee River,
Ward Creek,
Watson Creek
"B" Priority Streams:
Burke Creek,
Marlette Creek,
Slaughterhouse Creek,
Third Creek.
Map
Location of Streams included in the study.
Metadata for these sets are available on the Ceres website.
The data files were archived in Zip file format using WinZip. You will need WinZip or some other archive utility (PKZip, Info-Zip) to extract the contents of the zip file. WinZip can be obtained on the WinZip Web Site.
For questions or comment contact Eileen Hoyt - e-mail: ehoyt@tahoecons.ca.gov
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