Part E– Land use & Banks

Part E1 – Land Use

Buffer zone

Part B – Canopy cover % shading of wetted area at low flow 90%+ = tunnelling

Part E4 – Livestock access within riparian buffer zone None; No access to livestock - Bank not grazed Limited; some light grazing, deer browsing Present; primarily short grass, some impact on shrubs and trees Extensive; primarily grazed to roots of grass, extensive impact on shrubs and trees Notes; Deer / sheep / cattle etc. Fence condition

Part E 5 – Bank Condition

Part F – Fish cover Cover; Physical cover for juvenile fish; draped on the water surface or in the water. % of bank length UC – Undercut banks. (Probe under banks) DR – Draped vegetation rooted on bank MA – Marginal plants in stream bed (Emergent)) RT – Roots of trees exposed in flow (live or dead) RK – Rocks that form part of the bank (not substrate) OTH – Other features (define in notes) NONE – No cover or for fish cannot reach cover due to lack of water

Part E – Fish cover score 0 No suitable cover 1< 10 % of bank length % of bank length % of bank length % of bank length % of bank length