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

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This page is a working area for the ENVS 560 class.

ToDo 2014:

• Ideas
  • Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP)
    • Who they are
    • What they do
    • Who are members
    • Student chapter
    • Recent events
  • GW Replenishment project - Jessica
  • Desal
  • Salinas River Channel Maintenance project/issue
  • CEQA
    • PG Diversion project & DEIR
    • Special status species:(John I., ...)
      • What the different designations are
      • What are their implications e.g. under CEQA
      • Where are lists of these species
      • What are prominent SS species in our region
    • CNDDB / CEQA - Heather
      • What is it?
      • Notable EIRs that have used the CNDDB, and how
  • Hollister Hills - site summary
  • Fort Ord
    • HCP (Devon)
  • From Doug:
    • Water Supply for the Cal Am service area (focus on current impediments to the proposed portfolio approach)
    • Water supply for underserved, marginalized communities of the Salinas Valley. Tera, ....
    • Water metering as a means of understanding agricultural water use.
    • Understanding "water policy cycles"---Water supply and Policies that are viable in drought years, but untenable in years of plenty (new big dams in CA, etc).
    • Impacts of the new Salinas River channel maintenance program. Tera (perhaps),.......
    • Movement toward public takeover of Cal Am water supply system.
    • Is there a physical inventory of extant groundwater resources to fuel existing (or proposed) Fort Ord reuse plans. This could be a close scrutiny of the Monterey Downs EIR.
    • How does the planned desal impact Fort Ord reuse?
    • Potential water use projects that would secure the now tenuous MCWRA rights to about 168,000 af/yr of Salinas Valley water.
    • When new subdivisions are permitted, they must demonstrate a sustainable water supply. Clearly that approach is flawed (since many areas are in overdraft). What are the minimum criteria for demonstrating "sustainable" water supply and why does it fail in many cases?

ToDo 2013:

• Pages being worked on:
  • CEQA phase 2: Sheldon
    • CEQA Overview
    • CEQA approaches to each of the main CEQA areas:
      • Visual / aesthetic
      • Hydrology and Water Quality CEQA Mitigation Measures
      • Transport
      • Wetlands
      • etc.
    • Firms that do CEQA, tabulated by project, role, specialty, client etc.
    • Agencies that are lead applicants in CEQA - Sam. Phase 2: Elizabeth.
    • CEQA review and land use planning - sam
  • Land use planning in Central Coast
    • County General Plan
    • Marina General Plan
    • Seaside General Plan
    • FORA BRP (see below)
    • Former CA-led County Redevelopment Agencies and new 'Successor' agencies.
  • Fort Ord - Aimee and Sheldon
    • Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA)
    • HMP
    • BRAC / Fort Ord Cleanup
    • BRP
    • BRP Re-assessment
    • History of consistency determinations made with respect to BRP
    • Conversion of Carr Lake to a Multi-Use Park sam editing
  • Oak Woodland Protection Plans (state, county, PRBO, muni, etc.) - Elizabeth
    • Sudden Oak Death (SOD) - Elizabeth
  • Viewshed policy (county critical viewshed, approaches taken in CEQA projects)
  • Water rights
    • e.g. for projects in CEQA right now (Ferrini, Downs)
  • Drainage studies
    • e.g. Canyon del Rey and current contract to Balance & Whitson
  • List of Environmental Consultants in the Central Coast Area:
    • Long list! Maybe a table by work type (CEQA, hydrology, engineering, biology, etc.) - Megan & Andrea
  • San Clemente Dam John and Sheldon
  • Los Padres Reservoir Capacity Issues Emily-editing
  • Urban stormwater quality:
    • Urban Stormwater Management
    • Urban stormwater management in Santa Cruz County - Danny & Amber, Phase 2 Aimee Phase 2: John
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Scotts Valley - Danny, Phase 2 Aimee
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Santa Cruz - Danny, Phase 2 Aimee, Elizabeth, Alex
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Capitola - Amber, Phase 2 Aimee, Julianne, Megan, Nick
      • Urban storm water management in the City of Watsonville - Amber, Phase 2 Aimee Phase 2: John
    • Urban stormwater management in the City of Pacific Grove - Phase 2 Megan
    • Urban stormwater management in the Monterey Bay region -Phase 2 Andrea Phase 2: John
  • TMDLs:
    • TMDL for Nutrients in Lower Salinas River Watershed, Monterey County, California
      • Probably needs updating with new developments
    • Total Maximum Daily Load program follow-up in the Monterey Bay Region
    • Progress of Implementation of Nitrate TMDL for the San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz County, California - Phase 2: Amber
    • TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California - Phase 1: Heather
    • The 303d list of Impaired Waterbodies in the Monterey Bay Region - Phase 2 Andrea
    • Monterey Bay Area TMDL Listings - Priorities, Progress, and Documents
    • Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
  • Ag Waiver:
    • Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. (CCWQPI) - Phase 2: Megan
    • Regional regulatory approaches to agricultural runoff in California
    • CCWQPI monitoring results and reporting
    • Central Coast Region Agricultural Waiver
      • Probably needs updating with new developments
  • Stakeholders:
    • Marina Coast Water District, e.g. its role in Fort Ord re-use
    • MPWMD, e.g. its role in Canyon del Rey drainage study update
    • California Coastal Commission - Phase 2: Danny
    • 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 Phase 2: John
    • Grower Shipper Association of the Central Coast
    • Monterey County Farm Bureau - Phase 2: Julianne
  • Specific Watersheds
    • The Carmel River Watershed Phase 2: Alex and Elizabeth
  • Steelhead:
    • Recent data from the various counters associated with the SVWP etc.
    • Steelhead Management in the Monterey Bay Region ? (Devon - editing)
    • Steelhead Management in the Salinas Watershed ?
  • Data:
    • California Central Coast Gage Locations Phase 2:Nick
  • Wildlife:
    • Riparian habitats as wildlife corridors in the California Central Coast Region

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