Influence of multi-decadal land use, irrigation practices  and climate on riparian corridors across the Upper  Missouri River headwaters basin, Montana

Vanderhoof, Melanie K.; Christensen, Jay R.; Alexander, Laurie C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4269-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4269-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4269-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

Research article

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23 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 23 Oct 2019

Influence of multi-decadal land use, irrigation practices and climate on riparian corridors across the Upper Missouri River headwaters basin, Montana

Melanie K. Vanderhoof, Jay R. Christensen, and Laurie C. Alexander

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Short summary

We evaluated trends (1984–2016) in riparian wetness across the Upper Missouri River headwaters basin during peak irrigation months (June, July and August). We found that 8 of the 19 riparian reaches across the basin showed a significant drying trend from 1984 to 2016. The temporal drying trends persisted after removing variability attributable to climate. Instead, the drying trends co-occurred with a shift towards center-pivot irrigation across the basin.