Watershed management for erosion, sedimentation, and riparian mapping is very labour intensive and expensive. Happily, Alberta has invested in LiDAR coverage for most of the green area, which has the potential to make watershed management more efficient. This project capitalizes on Alberta’s LiDAR data to tests tools developed elsewhere.
Specifically, this project will determine if the NetMap GIS tools are appropriate for modelling and tracking the erosion rates for the Simonette, and determine the applicability of the Geomorphic Road Analysis and Inventory Package (GRAIP) in the same area.
