1. Exploratory
Probe basic facts and knowledge found in the reading and video.
Stream restorations for ranchers, streamside vegetation and wildlife. Streams
have been degraded by different stressors such as droughts, wildfires and grazing
practices.
Probe motives or causes.
Three main factors that
impact the cause of stream restoration are droughts, wildfire and grazing
practices. Droughts are common during the dry seasons of the year. During the
dry season the temperatures can raise and cause damage to the Riparian area.
Wildfires also impact the streams wildfire are cause by the climate changes
such as droughts and sometimes cause by humans. Wildfires are getting hotter and larger, and
the seasons are getting longer. Wildfires not only affect the fish but also
affect other species and plant life that live near these streams. Grazing
practices causes compaction of soil which increases runoff on the water source
and decreases the water availability for plants. The decrease in plants decreases
the biomass and prevents the establishments of seedlings.
3. Cause and Effect
Causal relationships between ideas, actions, or events.
If conservations groups and environmental laws are not put in place. These water streams and resources could hurt the environment, from water sources that are used for vegetation to food to humans. Conservation groups and laws help fund and restore streams and protect wildlife.
Seek to identify the most
important issue.
The importance of this is to help conserve for
today for the future.
5. Application
Probe for relationships and connect theory to practice.
Conservation in an organization that is trying to make a difference, weather it is big or small evening becoming an advocate goes a long way.
6. Critical
Analyze how this challenges your thinking/assumptions.
My thinking towards how
climate changes affect the environment such as in droughts and wildfires and
the impact that it has towards the environment which supplies not only food to
humans but to wildlife. I never took it into consideration about the
agricultural side of how it also affects the herds that graze but also the impact
that it could also cause to the streams. Conservation including advocating goes
a long way being able to educate other individuals could definitely make a
difference for tomorrow’s future.
References:
Fesenmyer, K. (2016). Restoring streamside vegetation using grazing and beavers. Trout Unlimited. https://www.tu.org/magazine/science/restoring-streamside-vegetation-using-grazing-and-beavers/
Fesenmyer, K. A, Dauwalter, D. C., Evans, C., & Allai, T. (2018). Livestock management, beaver, and climate influences on riparian vegetation in a semi-arid landscape. PLoS ONE 13(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208928
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