This report, contracted by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) describes a vegetation-monitoring trip that was conducted on May 9-12, 2022, by John Leary (RiversEdge West) and Wally Macfarlane (Utah State University) from Bonanza Bridge to Asphalt Wash and a subsequent vegetation data analysis. The vegetation-monitoring trip and analysis evaluated the effectiveness of prior non-native vegetation removal efforts and established the baseline condition for planned upcoming treatments.

This document was developed in 2021 as a resource to help prioritize sites along a watershed for treatments including invasive species removal or restoration activities. It is highly adaptable based on available monitoring data, species of interest, and watershed size. Monitoring data or other metrics will make this resources more effective. 

This document was developed in 2021 as a resource to help prioritize sites along a watershed for treatments including invasive species removal or restoration activities. It is highly adaptable based on available monitoring data, species of interest, and watershed size. Monitoring data or other metrics will make this resources more effective. 

Vegetation response to invasive Tamarix control in southwestern U.S. rivers: a collaborative study including 416 sites

Gonzalez et al. 2017

    New Findings on the Climate Sensitivity of the Water Balance of the Upper Colorado River Basin  

2019 Dolores River Restoration Partnership Annual Report 

  Author(s): R. Roy Johnson; Steven W. Carothers; Deborah M. Finch; Kenneth J. Kingsley; John T. Stanley   Fifty years ago, riparian habitats were not recognized for their extensive and critical contributions to wildlife and the ecosystem function of watersheds. This changed as riparian values were identified and documented, and the science of riparian ecology developed steadily. Papers in this volume range from the more mesic northwestern United States to the arid Southwest and Mexico.
Author(s): Steven W. Carothers; R. Roy Johnson; Deborah M. Finch; Kenneth J. Kingsley; Robert H. Hamre   In the Preface to volume 1, we discuss the development of riparian ecology as one of the newest of ecological fields that gained significant momentum in the 1950s and 1960s as part of the general “riparian movement” in the United States. The field expanded rapidly throughout the latter half of the 1900s. Volume 2 involves more than two dozen authors - most with decades of experience - who expand upon riparian and other topics introduced in volume 1.