EMDS Support

Primary KB topics: Stream reach knowledge base, watershed condition knowledge base

Geographic scope: Pacific Northwest, and possibly broader.

Scale of analysis: 6th code watersheds (ca. 10-20,000 ha) and stream reaches.

Additional comments: Reach-level conditions are evaluated in one knowledge base. Reach information is summarized by watershed, and passed to a second knowledge base that evaluates watershed condition.  Companion decision models at each scale (reach and watershed) set priorities for restoration and protection based on results of knowledge base assessments as well as reinterpretations of data with respect to their implications for efficacy and feasibility of restoration.

Contacts: Keith Reynolds, Corvallis Forestry Sciences Lab, Pacific Northwest Research Station.