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Where has all the water gone? Watersheds in the bay lands.

Where has all the water gone? Watersheds in the bay lands. Richard, Kacie, and Kenny May 1st 2006. Background information. Many San Francisco Bay watersheds 1808- Sacramento River discovered Late 1850s- Sacramento Delta created Gold Rush affected Sacramento River Friant Dam problem

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Where has all the water gone? Watersheds in the bay lands.

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  1. Where has all the water gone? Watersheds in the bay lands. Richard, Kacie, and Kenny May 1st 2006

  2. Background information • Many San Francisco Bay watersheds • 1808- Sacramento River discovered • Late 1850s- Sacramento Delta created • Gold Rush affected Sacramento River • Friant Dam problem • Many dams in Sacramento River

  3. Significance and Vitality • No watersheds, No SF bay • No watersheds- endangered species die • Low awareness on where Watersheds go • Lots of Pollution in watersheds • Dumping oil in rivers

  4. Science • Salmon Runway experiment • Endangered species deing in watersheds • Man Made structures in watersheds • Increase of brackish water • Acid and Base experiment • Watersheds-more basic • Water quality in danger

  5. Data Analysis • Shows amount of water diversion from Delta to Bay • Shows what water is being used for agriculture • percent of diversion increased dramatically • Demand for agriculture increases, amount of water in bay decreases

  6. In the News • Agreement on future of San Joaquin river • bring fish back to river • release billions of gallons of water • Violations by big companies • Endangered species act

  7. Field Notes • Restoration • Pollution in watersheds • Pollution affects amount of fresh water • Domesticated area is improving • Little domestication effecting watersheds

  8. Current Efforts at Solution • Sacramento River preservation trust • Sacramento River conservation forum • Work repairing Sacramento river • Fresnobee.com, CALFED bay delta program • Environmentalists- take issues to court

  9. Think GloballyBelow is a picture of the Mekong river in China • China’s Mekong River • Dam taking away water available (dammed dry) • Chesapeake bay watersheds • Environmentalists improve watersheds • Involves watershed Management • Provides job opportunities

  10. Possible Action Steps • Clean out pollution • Plant native Vegetation • Write letter to government • Work in groups protesting

  11. Citations • “1906 river.”Image. <www.yosemitefilm.com/photos/1906.jpg> 28 Apr. 2006. • “Background on water quality.”<funnel.sfsu.edu/courses/geol103/labs/estuaries/partVIIA.html> 24 April. 2006. • Beaver, Christopher. Tales of the San Joaquin. CB Films, 2004 • Dobso, Clive, Gregor Gilphic Beack. Watersheds. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt publishing, 2006. • “History of the Delta.”<www.sacdelta.com/hist.html>21 April..2006. • Martin, Glen, “California Water Wars,” San Francisco chronicle 23 October. 2006. Available from: SFGate.com • “Mekong river.” Images. <users students/desktop/Mekong> 28 April. 2006. • “Our sacred River of Life.” <www.geocities.com/cott 1388/ sacriver> 24 April. 2006. • “Picking Weeds.” Image.<tolweb.org/tree/learn/lisa.images/deoerment images/picking weeds> 28 April. 2006. • “Sacramento Delta.” Image. <www.valleywater.org/media/delta.jpg> 28 April. 2006. • “Sacramento River.” <EnWikipedia.org/sacramento_river> 22 April. 2006. • “ “Sacramento Watershed.”<http://www.sacriver.org/education/county_sacramento.html - Watersheds> 23 April. 2006. • “San Joaquin river.” Images.<spn.usace.army.mil> 28 april. 2006. • SF Bay.” Image. <www.vistech.net/users/restorge/bay.jpg 28> april. 2006 • “Tragedy of the San Joaquin/Timeline.” <Fresnobee.com/man/projects/savesjr/timeline.html> 20 April. 2006. • “Watershed diagram.” Image. <www.thewatershed.org/images/uploads/watersheddiagram.gif> 28 April. 2006. • “Watershed logo.” Image. <www.chesapeakebay.net/wshed.htm> 1 May. 2006. • “Watersheds.” <www.chesapeakebay.net/wshed.htm> 1 May. 2006. • “Wik/san Joaquin river.” <en.Wikipedia.org/wik/San Joaquin River.html> 22 April. 2006.

  12. The End! Thank you for listening to our presentation. I hope you all have learned a little about watersheds

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