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

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The ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class in Spring 2009-2014 has examined, among other things:

Themes

• General:
  • Watershed Issues on the Central Coast of California
  • Summaries of Environmental Topics on the Central Coast of California
• CEQA:
  • CEQA Overview
  • CEQA Glossary
  • CEQA review and land use planning
  • CEQA and the Central Coast
  • CEQA projects on Central Coast
  • Agencies that are lead applicants in CEQA
  • List of Environmental Consultants in the Central Coast Area
  • Hydrology and Water Quality CEQA Mitigation Measures
  • CEQA and the California Natural Diversity Database
  • CEQA Summary of The Collection at Monterey Bay Resort
  • Ocean Harbor House Seawall
• Land use:
  • Fort Ord
    • Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA)
  • Conversion of Carr Lake to a Multi-Use Park
  • Harkins Slough and Expansion of Urban Land Use at Watsonville
  • Oak Woodland Protection Plans
    • Sudden Oak Death (SOD)
  • 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 stormwater:
• Urban stormwater regulations applicable to the Central Coast region
  • Urban stormwater management in the Monterey Bay region
    • Urban stormwater management in the City of Pacific Grove
    • Urban Discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula
  • Urban stormwater 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):
  • TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California
  • Monterey Bay Area TMDL Listings - Priorities, Progress, and Documents
  • The 303d list of Impaired Waterbodies in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Total Maximum Daily Load program follow-up in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Salinas River Watershed:
    • 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
  • San Lorenzo River Watershed:
    • Progress of Implementation of Nitrate TMDL for the San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz County, California
• Ag Waiver:
  • Central Coast Region Agricultural Waiver
  • Regional regulatory approaches to agricultural runoff in California
  • Conditional waivers of waste discharge requirements for irrigated lands throughout California
  • 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
  • Steelhead Management in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Steelhead Management in the Salinas Watershed
• Dams:
  • San Clemente Dam
  • Los Padres Dam
    • Los Padres Reservoir Capacity Issues
• Government
  • List of Special Districts in the Monterey Bay Region

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
• Canyon Del Rey Watershed
  • Maps of Canyon Del Rey Watershed

Stakeholders in environmental issues

• California Coastal Commission
• 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
• Big Sur Land Trust (BSLT)

Data

• California Central Coast Gage Locations

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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