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

How healthy is your watershed? Indicators and Performance Measures for the North Bay. Kat Ridolfi San Francisco Estuary Institute NBWA Board Meeting April 3, 2009. Outline. Background Purpose Previous indicators work Scope of NBWA Indicators project

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

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  1. How healthy is your watershed?Indicators and Performance Measures for the North Bay Kat Ridolfi San Francisco Estuary Institute NBWA Board Meeting April 3, 2009

  2. Outline • Background • Purpose • Previous indicators work • Scope of NBWA Indicators project • Indicator/performance measure selection and organization • Draft indices • Expected applications • Next Steps

  3. Background

  4. Indicators v. Performance Measures Projects Implemented

  5. 100 80 60 Watershed health (% of target) 40 20 Time

  6. The Bay Institute’s Scorecard

  7. Watershed Assessment Framework (WAF) Biotic Ecological Processes Hydrology Geomorphology Landscape Socio- Economic Natural Disturbance Regimens Chemical Physical

  8. Napa/Sonoma Scorecard

  9. Project Partners • San Francisco Estuary Institute • The Bay Institute • Sonoma Ecology Center • Marin County Public Works • Napa County Planning

  10. Project Schedule

  11. Framework • NBWA Categories • Water Supply • Water Quality • Habitat Enhancement • Recreation and Public Education • Flood Protection

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

  13. Criteria • Valid? • Understandable? • Available ? Criteria based on EPA handbook on Indicators for Estuarine Health

  14. Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics

  15. Draft North Bay Indices

  16. Floodplain Protection Index

  17. Water Quality Standards Index

  18. Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics • Reference Conditions • and Scoring • Identify reference conditions • (upper lower, intermediate) • Determine scoring scale Calculate and Score metrics • Index • Aggregation • Weighting Multi-metric Index

  19. Index Index Index Indicators or Performance Measures Indicators or Performance Measures Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics Metrics Metrics SCORECARD

  20. North Bay Applications • Watershed Plans • Stormwater Programs • Implementation projects in a watershed(e.g. bank stabilization, flood control, vegetation) • Regional planning efforts

  21. Next Steps

  22. Questions?

  23. Contact Information Kat Ridolfi SFEI kat@sfei.org (510) 746-7392

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