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peer-reviewed research article

Yuba River analysis aims to aid spring-run chinook salmon habitat rehabilitation

authors

Gregory Pasternack, UC Davis
Scott L. Morford, UC Davis
Aaron A. Fulton, Questa Engineering Corporation

publication information

California Agriculture 64(2):69-77. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v064n02p69. April-June 2010.

Summary

Management recommendations are based on topographic and photographic records showing habitat change in the lower Yuba River's Englebright Dam Reach.

author affiliations

G. Pasternack is Professor of Watershed Hydrology, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis; S.L. Morford is Ph.D. Student, Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group, UC Davis. A.A. Fulton is Consultant, Questa Engineering Corporation, Richmond, CA;

author notes

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anadromous Fish Restoration Program provided financial support for this work (Agreement #113323J011). The authors gratefully acknowledge Jason White and Jimmy Kulpa for their assistance in the collection of topographic field data. Aerial photos were obtained from Professor Allan James (University of South Carolina), the UC Davis Shields Library, DigitalGlobe Inc. (Longmont, CO), Jones and Stokes (Sacramento, CA), Globe Xplorer NAIP and Airphoto USA Archives. Anonymous reviewers provided useful edits to the manuscript.