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Chapter 16: Watershed Management Flashcards

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Forests are an important source of this resource

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Water

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Forest regulate this

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Streamflow

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Forests are living filters that do this

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Clean water

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Forestry practices impact this

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Water quality

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Good forest management addresses this

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Water

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Topography influences these two aspects of water

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Movement and collection

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This is the total area that drains through a point on a river or a stream

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Watershed

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Watershed boundaries are defined by these

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Highest elevations around a lake or river segment

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Do watersheds have implied spatial extent?

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No

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Are watersheds hierarchical?

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Yes

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What are two other names for watersheds?

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Catchment and drainage

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These serve as natural units for land management

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Watersheds

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What are four goals of watershed management?

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  1. Preserving water supply; 2. Controlling rate of water flow; 3. Controlling erosion/flooding; 4. Maintaining water quality
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What are the six types of forest hydrology?

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  1. Interception; 2. Stemflow; 3. Canopy drip; 4. Throughfall; 5. Channel interception; 6. Evapotranspiration
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This type of forest hydrology involves the capture of precipitation by vegetation and litter

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Interception

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What are two ways that water can go in canopy interception?

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Evaporate to atmosphere or become stemflow/canopy drip

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What determines what happens to water during interception?

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Vegetation properties

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In this type of forest hydrology, water flows down branches and trunks

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Stemflow

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In this type of forest hydrology, precipitation is redirected to the crown edge

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Canopy drip

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This type of forest hydrology is precipitation that reaches the forest floor

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Throughfall

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Throughfall is a combination of these two water sources

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Canopy drip and direct precipitation

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What does throughfall depend on?

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Vegetation properties

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In this type of forest hydrology, precipitation falls on stream surfaces

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Channel interception

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What determines channel interception?

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Stream surface area

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In this type of forest hydrology, water loss is due to evaporation and transpiration
Evapotranspiration
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During what time of the year can evapotranspiration be substantial?
Growing season
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On what does evapotranspiration depend?
Vegetation properties
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This process plays a large role in forest hydrology
Canopy interception
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This describes the amount of water a canopy can hold
Interception capacity
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Canopy interception rises rapidly during a storm until this happens
Interception capacity is reached
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What happens when interception capacity is reached on tree leaves?
Weight of precipitation exceeds the surface tension holding water on leaves
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Interception capacity is a function of these four factors
1. Tree form; 2. Leaf area index; 3. Stem density; 4. Forest strata
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What percentage of rainfall do conifers intercept annually?
25-35%
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What percentage of rainfall do broadleaf trees intercept annually?
15-25%
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In canopy interception, this is the portion of intercepted precipitation that does not reach the soil
Interception loss
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What happens to most of interception loss?
It is evaporated
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What happens to some of interception loss?
It is absorbed by tree through bark
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Forests influence these two forest stream conditions
Streamflow and water quality
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This describes the flow of water in streams
Streamflow
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What are the two types of streamflow?
Baseflow and stormflow
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This type of streamflow is the contribution from ground water
Baseflow
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This type of streamflow is the the surge from storm precipitation and surface runoff
Stormflow
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What are three ways forests improve stream water quality?
1. Reducing sedimentation; 2. Increasing nutrient retention; 3. Reducing surface runoff
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What are the two components of stormflow response?
Peak flow rate and lag time
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How do forests improve baseflow?
By enabling baseflow to continue during prolonged dry periods
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How do forests improve stormflow?
By reducing peak discharge and lengthening lag time
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Do forests reduce flood risk from stormflow?
Yes
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Does water yield decrease as a forest ages?
No
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Which forestry activity contributes the most to forest soil erosion?
Roads/skid trails
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What are five effects of silviculture on hydrology?
1. Expose mineral soil; 2. Reduce plant transpiration; 3. Increase soil temperature; 4. Increase wind exposure/evaporation; 5. Increase erosion/sedimentation
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What are five effects of forest roads on forest hydrology?
1. Expose mineral soil; 2. Create impermeable surface; 3. Increase surface runoff; 4. Channelize surface flows; 5. Increase erosion/stream sedimentation
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These parts of forest roads are especially bad for forest hydrology
Stream crossings
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Do tree harvest and roads have an equal effect on peak sediment loads?
Yes
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Do roads have a longer effect on sediment loads and soil erosion?
Yes
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This federal legislation governing water pollution was passed in 1972
Clean Water Act
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The original Clean Water Act only addressed this type of pollution
Point source pollution
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In what year did an amendment add nonpoint sources to the Clean Water Act?
1987
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These practices were identified as nonpoint sources and subject to regulation by the Clean Water Act 1987
Forestry practices
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What two things does the Clean Water Act require each state to do?
1. Identify best management practices and 2. Implement and monitor BMPs
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What are the 8 categories for water quality and forest operations established by the EPA?
1. Preharvest planning; 2. Streamside management zones; 3. Forest wetlands; 4. Road construction; 5. Timber harvesting; 6. Fire management; 7. Revegetation; 8. Forest chemical management
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What is the best management practice for preharvest planning?
To plan for harvesting, site prep, and roads
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What are three best management practices for streamside management zones?
1. Maintain SMZs along surface waters; 2. SMZs protect water temperatures/quality; 3. SMZs should be sufficiently wide
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What are two best management practices for forest wetlands?
1. Minimize activity surrounding wetlands; 2. Use low-impact practices
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What are four best management practices for road construction?
1. Minimize sediment from construction; 2. Use drainage structures and turnouts; 3. Install proper stream crossings; 4. Construct during dry periods
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What are three best management practices for timber harvesting?
1. Harvesting should be done in accordance with harvest plan; 2. Avoid steep terrain and use SMZs; 3. Harvest during dry periods if possible
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What are two best management practices for fire management?
1. Reduce sediment from controlled burn; 2. Reduce nonpoint pollution during fire suppression
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What is a best management practice for revegetation?
Revegetate quickly to reduce erosion
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What is a best management practice for forest chemical management?
Minimize chemical use through appropriate management/application

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