Harkins Slough and Expansion of Urban Land Use at Watsonville
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A watershed-related issue examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.
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Summary
The planned expansion of Watsonville and surrounding areas will add to the many impacts affecting the slough systems.
Location
Harkins Slough is slightly north of the city of Watsonville in the Monterey Bay region of central California. The slough extends along Larkin Valley Rd. and the areas around Buena Vista Dr. flow into the waterway. It is the longest waterway in the Watsonville Sloughs system, which is a network of primarily seasonal freshwater sloughs that form Santa Cruz County’s largest remaining wetlands.
Resource/s at stake
...What environmental resource/s are at stake?...
Stakeholders
...Who are the stakeholders in the watershed? e.g. agencies, non-profits, associations...
Laws, policies, & regulations
...What laws, policies, and/or regulations are involved?...
Systems
... What elements of the biophysical system are/were involved?...
Science
...What scientific studies are or would be relevant / already completed?...
Tools
...What analytical (e.g. modeling) tools were or could be used?...
Future research
...What knowledge gaps remain?...
...Suggest a CWSP MS thesis topic that could contribute to the issue...
...Suggest a topic for a hypothetical study that had unlimited resources...
References
...Proust, M. 1901. Poetica nausea. J. Nauseum. pp 1-9999.
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