Research with a Story

A Perspective on a Semiarid Riparian Ecosystem of North America:

Upper San Pedro River

History, Beavers, and Conflict

And It’s Not Just A Story

A Comparative Review of

3 Scientific Perspectives on Riparian Areas and Finding a Common Link

A Slow Flowing Alluvial River

Origination Point

Vegetation Type

Length of Flow

Major Watershed

U.S. Congress Intervenes

Land Area Preserved

Official Name

Management

Research Perspectives:

Agreement and Disagreement on Semiarid Riparian Ecosystems

Defining the Greatest Danger to the Riparian Ecosystems may be only an

opinion

Research Perspective

“a losing river” J. Stromberg

Cone of Depression

De-Watering of the San Pedro Basin

Linking Research Opinions

A losing river and an expanding cone of depression

Hydrology is the link in a riparian area.

Restricted water flows and man made dams

“Nowhere is water so beautiful as in the desert, for nowhere else is it so scarce” Edward Abbey

The Upper San Pedro River