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-This tool was developed to aid in the efficient mapping of structurally forced inundation patterns in beaver impacted riverscapes.
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+The **Riverscapes Inundation Mapper** Tool, or **RIM**,   was developed as part of Karen Barelt's Thesis ([Bartelt et al. 2021](https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8226/)) to aid in the efficient mapping of structurally forced inundation patterns in beaver impacted riverscapes. 
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+*The contrast in inundation paterns and types in undammed (top) and dammed (bottom) situations, across dramatically different riverscape settings (left to right)  produces a strikingly similar impact. That is, at the same baseflows, inundation is increased from 2 to 7 fold with a greater diversity of flow types (i.e. more ponded and overflow areas instead of just free flowing).* 
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+### A Riverscapes Consortium Tool
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+<a href="https://riverscapes.net"><img class="float-left" src="https://rave.riverscapes.net/assets/images/logos/RC_Black.png"></a>
+<a href="https://riverscapes.net/Tools/discrimination.html#research-grade"><img class="float-right" src="https://riverscapes.net/assets/images/tools/grade/TRL_3_128w.png"></a>
+**RIM** [0.0.2](https://github.com/Riverscapes/RIM/releases/tag/v0.0.2) as published here, is a BETA [research-grade tool](https://riverscapes.net/Tools/discrimination.html#research-grade). It is a mix of Python and R with ArcPY depencies. It has been successfully deployed by others, but is finicky to deploy. 
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+Development of RIM has shifted from its own ArcToolbox into a Protocol implemented as part of data capture events in Riverscapes Studio for QGIS or [QRiS](https://qris.riverscapes.net/) thanks to support from the USFS and NOAA.
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+The types of beaver dam building activity impacting riverscapes that RIM was designed to capture and distill: 
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+## References
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+- Bartelt K. 2021. Valley Bottom Inundation Patterns in Beaver-Modified Streams: A Potential Proxy for Hydrologic Inefficiency, Masters Thesis, Utah State University: Logan, UT. Available from: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8226