Using ArcView GIS in Assessing and Preserving and/or Restoring Riparian Habitat

Author: Emily R. Lundblad
Organization: Center for Coastal Studies

NRC 3200
6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78412
USA

Phone: 361-825-3442
Fax: 361-825-5704
Emilyruth@aol.com

This project will assess existing riparian habitat from classified TM imagery along the major drainage areas within the five coastal counties of the Texas Coastal Bend. The project objectives are to evaluate the late 1990s status of riparian habitat corridors and to develop recommendations for riparian habitat preservation and/or restoration. GIS analyses will also yield adjacent land use within each riparian watershed. Ground truthing will verify location, extent, and dominant plant type of each riparian habitat. GIS data will be compiled on a watershed basis as hard-copy maps of existing riparian corridors and in an ArcView GIS digital format for use in a potential restoration and preservation site catalog.