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This Kris Gualala Map project was developed as a resource for anyone involved or interested in watershed management  who is familiar with ArcView. The new KRIS Gualala CD also has ArcExplorer projects for those users who do not own ArcView. The included data are useful for further research and map construction and have been assimilated by the Institute for Fisheries Resources from a number of sources:

• California Department of Forestry
• California Department of Fish and Game
• California Regional Water Quality Control Board
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Forest Service Spatial Analysis Lab, Sacramento
• U.S. Geological Survey
• U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service

KRIS Gualala Maps includes several types of ArcView projects. The basic project will run with ArcView 3.2 without extensions (i.e. gualalariver.apr). Projects with grid information, such as Landsat vegetation, require ArcView with the Spatial Analyst extension (i.e. gualala_sa.apr). The slope modeling project in KRIS Gualala Maps requires 3D Analyst but is also captured as an image which appears in both other projects. Similarly, grid data, such as vegetation from Landsat, are also transformed into images so that those without Spatial Analyst can use them, although without the power of running data queries. KRIS Map projects come on a second CD packaged with the respective KRIS databases. Once projects are open, the user may add themes and re-organize views for analysis. Full metadata for all data layers is contained in the KRIS Gualala Map project and can now be accessed inside projects by hitting a special button scripted by Dr. Jan Derksen.

The KRIS Gualala Map project was carried out by the Institute for Fisheries Resources KRIS Project office in Arcata. Similar projects for the Noyo, Big, Mattole and Ten Mile river basins as well as Redwood Creek are available as part of CDF funded KRIS projects. Data in KRIS Gualala Maps have been compiled as four views, which are listed below. Each view contains a logical grouping of themes, which together comprise the most useful aggregation for analysis.  Use the following links to see images and descriptions of sample maps. 

KRIS Gualala Map Views:

Fish and Aquatic Habitat

Geology

Timber Harvest Plans

Land Cover