Riparian Community and Aquatic Habitat Classification for the Shasta River

Authors

Thomas B. Hardy
Shannon Clemens, Utah State UniversityFollow
Mark Winkelaar, Utah State University
Lisa Kent
R. Craig Addley

Document Type

Report

Publisher

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Publication Date

4-17-2006

First Page

1

Last Page

58

Abstract

This project was undertaken in support of salmon and habitat restoration within the Shasta River drainage. The primary focus was to delineate both riparian and aquatic habitat within the study area based on classification of multi-spectral imagery. Ground truth data were provided by the USFWS for both riparian species and stream habitat types and were used to guide a combination of supervised and unsupervised classification for both riparian and stream habitats. Image classification results are provided for vegetation and stream habitats, including an error assessment of the classifications. A GIS project was also developed to allow resource managers access to both the raw and classified imagery.

Recommended Citation

Hardy, T.B., S. Clemens, M. Winkelaar, L. Kent, R.C. Addley. 2006. Riparian Community and Aquatic Habitat Classification for the Shasta River. Final Report for US Fish and Wildlife Service.