USFS - Comparison of Traditional Versus Ground-Based LiDaR Instream Haibtat Assessments

Project Type: Sponsored Research (Challenge Cost Share Agreement) Project Sponsor: US Forest Service Project Location: Logan River Watershed, Cache National Forest, Utah Status: Completed

Project Overview

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Project Outputs

Presentations from this Project

• Talk: Lokteff R*, Roper BB and Wheaton JM. 2011. Ground Based Lidar and PIT Tags: Does High Resolution Data Improve Our Understanding of a Fish’s Utilization of Habitat? American Fisheries Society 141st Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA. Abstract: 119-14.
• Poster: *Lokteff R, Wheaton JM and Roper BB. 2011. Spatial Distribution and Species Segregation of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout, Brown Trout, and Brook Trout. American Fisheries Society 141st Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA, Abstract: P-96. - Winner of Best Student Poster Award.

Publications from this Project

• Lokteff RL*, DeMeurichy KD, and Wheaton JM. 2011. High Resolution Mapping of Instream Habitat: Pilot Study using Ground-based LiDaR in Logan River Watershed. Ecogeomorphology and Topographic Analysis Lab, Utah State University, Prepared for US Forest Service, Logan, Utah, 28 pp.

Datasets from this Project

• TLS Data is available upon request.

Project Details

Project PI: Joseph Wheaton Project Personnel from ET-AL: Ryan Lokteff & Kenny DeMeurichy Project Collaborators: Brett Roper (USFS) Funding Source: US Forest Service Cost Share FS Agreement: 09-CS-13000018853911 Project Start Date: ** August, 2009 **Project End Date (anticipated): July, 2010