Cayuga Lake Watershed Wetland Management
This document summarizes a technical strategy for identifying priority actions to restore riparian corridors and wetlands. Using this approach, watershed managers can rank subwatersheds in terms of the environmental benefit that can be realized by restoring and protecting these critical riparian areas. The strategy also guides selection of appropriate restoration strategy based on landscape position, dominant land use, and the water quality issues to be addressed.
Cayuga Lake Watershed Wetland Management Project (Adobe PDF)
1. Objectives and Purpose of this Document
2. Approach
3. Technical Strategy Stage 1: Define Existing Conditions
3.1 Wetlands
3.1.1 Watershed-Wide Characterization of Wetlands
3.2.1 Watershed-Wide Characterization of Riparian Corridors
4. Technical Strategy Stage 2: Functional Assessment
4.1 Wetland and Riparian Function and Stream Order
4.2 Wetland and Riparian Function and Landscape Position
4.3 Wetland and Riparian Function Cover Type
4.4 Additional Field Investigations to Assess Function
5. Technical Strategy Stage 3: Establish Priorities
5.1 Streambank Assessment within the Cayuga Lake Watershed
5.2 Priorities for Wetland Restoration and Protection
5.3 Priorities for Riparian Corridor Restoration
6. Technical Strategy Stage 4: Recommend Solutions
6.1 Preservation of Wetlands and Riparian Corridor
6.2 Restoration of Degraded Wetlands and Riparian Corridors
6.3 Wetland Creation and Other Engineered Systems, Including BMPs
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