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POTENTIAL FOR WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION DUE TO CATTLE GRAZING IN OREGON

Citation:

Leinenbach, P., S. Augustine, T G. Wade, T. Selle, A. Calderon, M. Viger, D T. Heggem, V. Haack, K A. Hermann, R. K. Hall, AND A. D. Weiss. POTENTIAL FOR WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION DUE TO CATTLE GRAZING IN OREGON. Presented at ESRI 2004 User Conference, San Diego, CA, August 9-13, 2004.

Impact/Purpose:

There are four basic objectives of the project:

Demonstrate the application of a comparative landscape assessment in analyzing the vulnerability of surface and coastal water conditions to declines based on landscape conditions (as estimated by landscape indicators as demonstrated in the mid-Atlantic landscape atlas) in western environments;

Develop and apply landscape assessment approaches relative to specific issues, including an ability to prioritize the vulnerability of areas relative to the Clean Water Act 303(d) designations; Quantify relationships between landscape conditions (as measured by landscape indicators) and surface and coastal waters in the west to reduce the uncertainty in comparative landscape assessments, and issue-specific, landscape assessments (e.g., Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs);

Complete a west-wide, comparative landscape assessment relative to surface and coastal water vulnerability;

Transfer landscape assessment technologies to Regional Offices so that they can conduct landscape assessments at many scales.

Description:

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Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( PRESENTATION/ ABSTRACT)
Product Published Date:08/09/2004
Record Last Revised:06/06/2005
Record ID: 84452