Impacts from a warming climate can cascade downstream Increase fire intensity Increase erosion and sedimentation Decrease summer flows and increase stream.

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Impacts from a warming climate can cascade downstream Increase fire intensity Increase erosion and sedimentation Decrease summer flows and increase stream temperature

NetMap Tools Export to Google Earth

Differentiate among different types of fish habitat and their sensitivities to: -increased/decreased flow -thermal loading/temp -landsliding/debris flow -sedimentation

Predict shallow landslide potential, export to Google Earth, and identify overlaps w/habitats Less concern More concern Red=higher risk Blue = lower risk

Predict debris flow potential, export to Google Earth, and identify overlaps w/habitats Red=higher risk Blue = lower risk An area of higher concern

Use NetMap to quickly identify overlaps between high debris flow potential and high quality habitat Local areas of high risk for habitat impacts could lead to increased protection at those locations

ESI, working with William Elliot (USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station) has integrated WEPP Surface (and road surface) erosion into NetMap (road, hillside, and post fire erosion) Areas of higher potential road surface erosion (overlaps with fish habitat?)

NetMap contains many watershed parameters and analysis tools that are potentially useful in evaluating the implications of climate change -aquatic habitat type, sensitivity -stream temperature -fire severity (Flammap etc.) -post fire erosion -stream sedimentation -stream flow -road erosion

Two approaches: 1)Climate predictions (GCM) are ‘downscaled’ for air temperature (summer, winter), stream flow (summer), and wildfire severity etc. and imported into NetMap to quantitatively forecast impacts related to climate change (this requires further tool development); or 2)A heuristic decision support approach - existing parameters and tools are used to map where in a watershed climate change would have the greatest impacts -increasing fire intensity and erosion -increasing channel sedimentation -increasing summer stream temperature -decreasing summer flow

Begin by predicting fish habitat potential using a variety of NetMap tools Higher quality habitat Create custom fish habitat models

Flame length (Flammap) Prelim Next, examine how fire intensity (current or future climate) relates to erosion risk Surface erosion intensity (WEPP)

Flame length (Flammap) Prelim Next, examine how fire intensity (current or future climate) relates to erosion risk Surface erosion intensity (WEPP) From a climate change perspective, where would prescribed fire or thinning yield the most benefits

Predict effects of increased fire intensity on gully/landslide erosion potential

Then, search for overlaps between climate change related fire risk and erosion with fish habitat using automated tools in NetMap

Fire to Fish: Connect the Dots (channels) Search for overlaps among increased fire risk, erosion potential & habitat quality

Climate change impacts on fish habitat: Evaluate at subbasin scales NetMap contains tools for aggregating watershed data up to the scale of sub basins, informing larger scale, watershed planning efforts

Predict locations where climate change related increases in stream temperature would be most severe Sensitivity of stream temperature to increases in thermal loading and air temperature

Identify locations where climate change related decreases in summer low flow would have the greatest impacts (low gradient, unconfined stream segments) Reduced low flow impacts

Identify locations where climate change related decreases in summer low flow would have the greatest impacts (low gradient, unconfined stream segments) Reduced low flow impacts These subbasins with high sedimentation – low flow potential may benefit most from sediment reduction programs related to fire and roads

Design fire breaks according to climate change increases in fire severity and associated impacts on sensitive stream habitats

NetMap is a community supported watershed analysis system that can supply state of the art decision support in pre- and post fire forest management planning (and other land use efforts)