Life on the River

Today was a full day in the Portneuf drainage valley. Ecosystem services were again the focus. It is easy to see how we depend on our surroundings like the Portneuf for services like irrigation and recreation like fishing and floating, but the challenge is to think of some other ways that we interact, influence, and are influenced by the Portneuf and it's tributaries. Our lessons today included using data in graphical format to help tell these stories, understanding how certain organisms can be used to measure the health of natural systems, and relating our past rationale  and desired outcomes to our present situation and vision for the future.