Attachment 2 Photo Checklist and PFC Additions.pdf
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- USDA FS Proper Functioning Condition Survey Federal contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 1284LM25Q0069
- Issued by
- Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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This document is a Riparian Area Survey Form designed to assess stream and bank conditions across five key metrics: Instream Cover, Embeddedness, Stream Bank Conditions, Bank Vegetation Conditions, and Extent of Grazing Pressure. Each metric is evaluated using a standardized scoring system ranging from "Optimal" to "Poor", allowing researchers to systematically document the ecological health of a riparian area. The form includes specific percentage ranges and descriptive criteria for each category, enabling precise documentation of habitat characteristics such as habitat availability, rock embedding, erosion extent, vegetation coverage, and grazing impacts. A secondary page provides a photo checklist template for documenting survey observations, including fields for photo identification, geographic coordinates, and relevance to specific survey questions.
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| 1284LM25Q0069.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 1 Statement of Work.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 5 Wage Determination.pdf | ||
| Attachment 3 Lentic and Lotic Forms.pdf | ||
| Attachment 6 Experience Questionnaire.docx | DOCX document | |
| Attachment 4 Watershed Boundary HUC12.xls | XLS spreadsheet |
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Date: Riparian Area:
ID Team: Reach ID:
Comments:
NA Optimal Sub-Optimal Marginal Poor Instream Cover
Habitat available in stream (fallen trees, logs, branches, large rocks, and undercuts)
>50%
31-50%
11-30%
<11%
Embeddedness
Extent which rocks (gravel, cobble, boulders) are covered or sunken into stream)
0-25%
26-50%
51-75%
>75%
Stream Bank Conditions
Extent which erosion is occurring, or has the potential to occur.
Stable
No evidence of erosion or bank failure.
Moderately Stable
Infrequent small areas of erosion, mostly healed over.
Moderately Unstable
Up to 50% of banks have areas of erosion
Unstable
Many eroded areas, “raw” areas frequent, 51-100% of the bank has erosional scars.
Bank Vegetation Conditions
The amount of the stream bank that is covered by vegetation.
>90%
71-90%
51-70%
<50%
Extent of Grazing Pressure
The extent of grazing impacts and its effect on streamside vegetation and instream pools.
Minimal or Not Evident
Almost all plants are allowed to grow naturally, little evidence of manure accumulation, little trampling near instream pools.
Evident
Only moderate impacts on stubble height, only scattered manure present, instream pools are being used by cattle but are not significantly impacted
Obvious
Patches of bare soil or closely cropped vegetation area common.
High
Patches of bare soil or closely cropped vegetation area common, less than 25% of the potential stubble height is remaining, grazing is affecting plant species composition, manure accumulation is very high, cattle are using instream pools and are having severe impacts on pool vegetation and water quality.
Photo Checklist for PFC Surveys
Riparian System: Lotic Lentic (Check all that apply.)
Name of Riparian-Wetland Area
Date: Segment/Reach ID:
ID Team Observers:
Were photographs taken of reach? Yes No (If no, no other entry required.)
Which format? jpeg other (specify)
Photo ID in shapefile attributes:
Upstream / Downstream
Photo Notes:
Photo ID Lat: Long: Relevance to which
Checklist Question?
Relevance, Description, or other
Noteworthy attributes
Photo ID Lat: Long: Relevance to which Checklist Question?
Relevance, Description, or other Noteworthy attributes
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| Photo Checklist for PFC Surveys |
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