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Ge o m o r p h i c R o a d As s e s s m e n t a n d In v e n t o r yP a c ka g e (GR AIP )

G R A IP is a pr ocess and a setoftools for analyzing the im pacts ofr oad s on for ested w ater shed s.G R A IP

com bines a r oad inventor y w ith a pow er fulG IS analysis toolsetto pr ed ictsed im entpr od uction and

d eliver y,m ass w asting r isk fr om gullies and land slid es,str eam d iver sion potential,culver tm aintenance,

and fish passage atstr eam cr ossings.

The r oad inventor y pr otocold escr ibes how to system atically field inventor y a r oad system using G PS and

autom ated d ata for m s.O nce d ow nload ed ,these d ata can be im m ed iately r un thr ough a d ata quality

checking and cor r ection pr ogr am .Q uality checked d ata can then be analyzed in a pr ogr am im plem ented in

A r cG IS.The pr ogr am pr od uces m aps ofsur face er osion,accum ulated r oad sed im entin str eam s,and

contr ibuting length by segm ent,w hich r elates d ir ectly to slope stability and gullying r isks.O ther analyses

r elating to str eam d iver sion potential,str eam cr ossing failur e,culver tm aintenance need s,and fish passage

ar e also pr ovid ed w ith the pr ogr am .

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R oad s have been show n to alter the hyd r ologic and geom or phic r esponse ofw ater shed s and can im pactaquatic ecosystem s and d egr ad e w ater quality.G R A IP

can be applied ata var iety ofspatialscales,butis w ellsuited to captur e the m ultiple effects ofr oad s ata sub-w ater shed scale to id entify the m ostcr itical

r estor ation oppor tunities.

W h a t i s GR AIP ?

G R A IP is the G eom or phic R oad s A nalysis and Inventor y Package.Itis a sim ple and fr ee r oad inventor y and m od eling toold esigned to quantify r oad im pacts on

str eam s and to help land m anager s efficiently evaluate the m ultiple aspects ofr isk cr eated by for estr oad s.

Ho w d o e s GR AIP w o r k?

G R A IP uses a d etailed G PS based r oad inventor y to infor m fine sed im enter osion,shallow land slid e and gully m od eling tools thatr un in A r cG IS.The inventor y

pr ovid es infor m ation on str eam cr ossing failur e and str eam d iver sion r isks,infor m ation on the am ountofr oad connected to the str eam and a census ofthe r oad

infr astr uctur e and cond ition.Field cr ew s collectabout2 m iles ofG R A IP inventor y d ata a d ay d epend ing on the land scape and access cond itions.

W h o S u p p o r t s a n d Us e s GR AIP ?

G R A IP is a collabor ative Jointventur e betw een the U .S.For estSer vice R ocky M ountain R esear ch Station and U tah State U niver sity.RM R S staffsuppor ts G R A IP

fr om the Boise A quatic Sciences Lab.G R A IP has an active user com m unity thatinclud es par tner s insid e and outsid e ofpublic land m anagem entand r egulator y

agencies,includ ing:the Envir onm entalPr otection A gency,the Bur eau ofLand M anagem ent,the N ez Per ce Tr ibe,the N atur e C onser vancy,Id aho D epar tm entof

Envir onm entalQ uality,the Southw estC r ow n ofthe C ontinentC ollabor ative,C oos W ater shed A ssociation,Id aho For estR estor ation Par tner ship,the U .S.

G eologicalSur vey,the W ild er ness Society,and the G r eatN or ther n Land scape C onser vation C ooper ative.

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D etailed G R A IP d ata,m a n u a l s,and r e p o r t s ar e available for s e l e c t e d w a t e r s h e d s i n t h e W e s t e r n U.S .

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RM R S staffpr ovid e tr aining each Spr ing and as need ed .Ther e w illbe a G R A IP r oad inventor y tr aining M a y17 -20,2016in Boise and cond ucting field pr actice in

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