Tropical Rapid Appraisal of Riparian Condition Version 1 (for use in tropical savannahs)

I. Dixon, M. Douglas, J. Dowe and D. Burrows
Land and Water Australia, 2006
The Tropical Rapid Appraisal of Riparian Condition (TRARC) is a visual assessment of the riparian zone using simple indicators of condition. It is designed to be user-friendly for the non-specialist and is best suited to savannah streams with a well defined channel and a distinct riparian zone and is not designed for estuaries or for floodplains adjacent to the riparian zone. This guideline provides step by step instructions for undertaking a TRARC assessment. The TRARC Version 1 described here is preliminary and subsequent iterations will be refined through further research and extensive field validation in different river types. Daly River was one of the first study rivers.