Difference between revisions of "ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems"

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The ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class in Spring 2009-2013 has examined, among other things:

• Themes:
  • General:
    • Watershed Issues on the Central Coast of California
  • CEQA:
    • CEQA Overview
    • CEQA and the Central Coast
    • Coastal Case Studies of CEQA Projects in Monterey County, CA
    • List of Environmental Consultants in the Central Coast Area
  • Land use:
    • Conversion of Carr Lake to a Multi-Use Park
    • Harkins Slough and Expansion of Urban Land Use at Watsonville
    • Oak Woodland Protection Plans
    • Use of Sloped Areas in Monterey County
    • Potential watershed impacts on Elkhorn Slough
  • Wildlife:
    • Riparian habitats as wildlife corridors in the California Central Coast Region
  • Urban storm water:
    • Urban storm water management in the Monterey Bay region
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Pacific Grove
      • Urban Discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula
    • Urban storm water management in Santa Cruz County
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Scotts Valley
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Santa Cruz
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Capitola
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Watsonville
  • Groundwater:
    • Pajaro Valley Groundwater Overdraft Concerns
    • Salinas Valley Seawater Intrusion
    • CalAm Use of Carmel River Groundwater Basin
  • Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL):
    • The 303d list of Impaired Waterbodies in the Monterey Bay Region
    • Monterey Bay Area TMDL Listings - Priorities, Progress, and Documents
    • TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California
      • Total Maximum Daily Load for Nutrients in Lower Salinas River Watershed, Monterey County, California
      • Total Maximum Daily Loads for Chlorpyrifos and Diazinon in Lower Salinas River Watershed in Monterey County, California
      • TMDL for Fecal Coliform for the Lower Salinas River Watershed, Monterey County, California
      • Progress of Implementation of Nitrate TMDL for the San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz County, California
    • Total Maximum Daily Load program follow-up in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Ag Waiver:
    • Regional regulatory approaches to agricultural runoff in California
    • Conditional waivers of waste discharge requirements for irrigated lands throughout California
    • Central Coast Region Agricultural Waiver
    • Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. (CCWQPI)
    • CCWQPI monitoring results and reporting
  • Fire:
    • Basin-Indians Fire Erosion and Debris Flows
  • Steelhead & Salmon:
    • Coho Salmon Crisis in the Central California Coast ESU
  • Dams:
    • San Clemente Dam
    • Los Padres Dam
    • Los Padres Reservoir Capacity Issues
• Specific watersheds:
  • The Carmel River Watershed
    • Maps of the Carmel River Watershed
  • The Gabilan / Reclamation Ditch Watershed
    • Gabilan Watershed: Flow duration analysis
  • The Carneros Watershed
    • Maps of the Carneros Watershed
• Stakeholders in environmental issues:
  • Marina Coast Water District (MCWD)
  • Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD)
  • Central Coast Water Quality Coalition‎
  • California Department of Public Health
  • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Monterey Coastkeeper
  • Monterey County Water Resources Agency‎
  • Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program‎
  • California Department of Water Resources‎
  • Grower Shipper Association of the Central Coast
  • Monterey County Farm Bureau
  • California Coastkeeper Alliance

Links

• Useful Data Sources
• Curricular information on ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems and its relationship to other courses in Division of Science and Environmental Policy at CSUMB.

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