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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 Lisa Micheli, Sonoma Ecology Center Peter Vorster, Bay Institute Napa WICC June 25, 2009. Outline. Background Purpose Previous indicators work

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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 Lisa Micheli, Sonoma Ecology Center Peter Vorster, Bay Institute Napa WICC June 25, 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. Past work to Build On • SFEI’s Report on Monitoring Approaches (2007) • The Bay Institute’s Scorecard (2003, 2005) • Bay-Delta and other WAF projects (ongoing) • Napa-Sonoma Water Supply Scorecard

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

  8. Project Schedule

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

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

  11. Criteria • Valid? • Understandable? • Available ? • Manageable?

  12. Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics

  13. Draft North Bay Indices

  14. Water Supply

  15. Water Quality

  16. Habitat Enhancement

  17. Recreation and Public Education

  18. Floodplain Protection

  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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