2002 CARMEL RIVER LARGE WOOD STUDY

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An inventory of large woody debris on the Carmel River was conducted in Fall of 2002, focusing on seven sample reaches that represent conditions along the 18 miles of channel between San Clemente Dam and the head of the Carmel River Lagoon at River Mile 0.5 (measured from the ocean).   The sample reaches cover approximately 8 miles of river channel, or 44% of the total river length downstream of the dam.  For each piece of wood, or accumulation of woody debris, precise geographic coordinates were assigned and several kinds of physical and biological data were recorded.  The study was carried out in cooperation between the Watershed Institute at California State University Monterey Bay and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.

Link to Synopsis of Report (takes you to CSUMB web site)        Why study large wood? (0.5 Mb .pdf)