The Upper Columbia Basin Network (UCBN) has identified 14 priority
park vital signs, indicators of ecosystem health, which represent a
broad suite of ecological phenomena operating across multiple
temporal and spatial scales. The author's intent is to monitor a
balanced and integrated "package" of vital signs that meets the
needs of current park management, but will also be able to
accommodate unanticipated environmental conditions in the future.
Water quality is a particularly high priority vital sign for six of
the nine UCBN parks. The UCBN contains more than 34 rivers,
streams, ponds and reservoirs located in nine park units spread
over four large western states. Unlike many National Parks that are
large and often encompass entire watersheds, most UCBN parks and
water bodies are small and embedded in large watersheds with
diverse land use. Water quality in most UCBN water bodies has not
been directly assessed, though most streams are listed as impaired
by states for at least one parameter. This annual report details
the status of key indicators of water quality obtained from the
first season of monitoring in NEPE and WHMI, 2008. Note that
several of the appendices in this report are primarily intended for
UCBN internal reference. This season was considered a pilot year,
and the author tested a draft protocol that was submitted for peer
review in spring 2008. The protocol was accepted with minor
revisions and was re-submitted for review in January 2009.
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