PREDICTED HYDROLOGIC IMPACT 

 OF SUCCESSION 



Predicted weekly water budgets for the CCW were found to reflect complex inter- 

 actions among assumed hydrologic processes. For example, the upper portion of figure 6 

 illustrates when rain and snow were received on the watershed, the lower portion of the 

 figure shows how vegetation affects the timing of moisture entry into the soil. The 

 timing and amount of active moisture input is a function of snowpack melt rates and 



6A = SNOWFALL 



OND JFMAMJ JASO 



MONTH 



Figure 6. — V^eoi-'pitation and active moisture input for the Chicken Creek Watershed. 



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