Versions of CRAM methodology and software

Method (CRAM User’s Manual): 5.0.2
eCRAM software: 1.0.0

CRAM methodology (User’s Manual)

Added section on version history of CRAM methodology and fixed typos
Added paragraph in Section 2.3.1 to explain separation of assessments of condition and stress
Added note to Section 3.2.2.2 that the depressional module was primarily based on perennial depressional wetlands and caution should be applied in the interpretation of scores in seasonal depressional wetlands
Corrected text in various Sections to eliminate inconsistencies in terminology
Updated figures in Chapter 3
Revised the ratings for scoring Structural Patch Richness for Estuarine wetlands

Reorganized volume 2 into three sections: Assessment Forms, Narratives, Tables & Figures; typos fixed

Vol 1, p. 15: Table 2.2, added new metric name Plant Community and bulleted its four component submetrics
Vol 1, p. 36: Added language prescribing the calculation of mean submetric score in order to arrive at Plant Community metric value; in Table 3.8, changed expected maximum value of Biotic Structure attribute from 84 to 36 for Playas and Vernal Pools and 48 for all other wetland classes.
Vol 1, pp. 68-71: Changed “metric” to “submetric” for discussion of the four submetrics of the Plant Community metric.
Vol 2, pp.145-6: removed wrackline or organic debris in channel or on floodplain from worksheet 2 since this patch type is not expected in playas.
Vol 2, p. 55: Revised “D” narrative for number of plants layers present from "No layers are present" to "0-1 layer is present".
Vol 2, pp. 133, 149, 166: Removed shading from scoring sheet for Interspersion and Zonation since this metric is assessed for vernal pools and playas
Vol 2: Revised scoring forms to incorporate Plant Community metric

Split into two volumes: main manual and assessment forms
Created separate volume for assessment forms - all supporting documents included with each class
Updated entrenchment ratio and hydrologic connectivity metric bins
Revised bins for percent co-dominant species that are non-native
Added confined v. unconfined diagram
Revised scoring to a 1-12 scale for all metrics

Version 1.6.0 will support estuarine, riverine, and depressional assessments using CRAM method 5.0.1 or 5.0.2
Changes in this version: added lat/long zoom to feature and stream order on Riverine Basic Info page

Version 1.5.1 will support estuarine, riverine, and depressional assessments using CRAM method 5.0.1 or 5.0.2

Version 1.0.0 supports estuarine and riverine assessments using CRAM method 4.2
Closing the browser window without first saving the assessment can cause a loss of assessment data. This will be fixed in a future version.

These versions of the method (CRAM User’s Manual)	Work with these versions of the software
4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3	1.0.0
5.0.0	1.5.0b
5.0.1 5.0.2	1.5.1 1.6.0