How healthy is your watershed? Indicators and Performance Measures for the North Bay

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How healthy is your watershed?Indicators and
Performance Measures for the North Bay

• Kat Ridolfi, Peter Vorster, Lisa Micheli
• North Bay Watershed Council Meeting
• October 7, 2009

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Outline

• Purpose
• Review of progress to date
• Indicator/performance measure selection
• Recommended indices
• Five priority indicators
• Next Steps

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Framework

• NBWA Objectives
• Increase water supply
• Improve water quality
• Restore and enhance habitat
• Increase opportunities for recreation and public
  involvement
• Increase flood protection

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Project Schedule
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Goals and Objectives What do you strive for in
the system?
Identify potential indicators
Previous Work
Choose indicators
Indicator Criteria
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Criteria

• Validity
• Meaning
• Availability
• Manageable

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Index
Indicators or Performance Measures
Metrics
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Recommended North Bay Indices
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Floodplain Protection
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Water Quality
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Recreation and Public Education
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Habitat Enhancement
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Water Supply
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Climate Context
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Data Gaps

• Agricultural water use
• Stream gages
• Eco-literacy survey
• CRAM
• Residential
• pesticide use

Source USGS
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Five Priority Indicators

• Smolt production
• Impervious area
• Per capita water
• use
• Temperature
• Dissolved Oxygen

Source EPA
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Additional Steps to Using Indicators

• Assessment questions
• Targets or reference conditions
• Monitoring program
• Funding
• Scorecard
• Communication
• Adaptive management

Projects Implemented
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North Bay Applications

• Watershed Plans
• Stormwater Programs
• Implementation projects in a watershed(e.g. bank
  stabilization, flood control, vegetation)
• Regional planning efforts (e.g. IRWMP)
• Local ordinances
• Post-construction monitoring efforts

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746-7392