Difference between revisions of "Watershed Issues in California's Central Coast Region"

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A sample of watershed-related issues examined by the ENVS 560/L Watershed Systems class at CSUMB.

Refer also to the list of Summaries of Environmental Topics on the Central Coast of California.

Issues

• Hydrology
  • Pajaro Valley Groundwater Overdraft Concerns
  • Salinas Valley Seawater Intrusion
  • San Clemente Dam
  • Los Padres Reservoir Capacity Issues
  • CalAm Use of Carmel River Groundwater Basin
• Water Quality
  • Urban Discharges to Areas of Special Biological Significance on Monterey Peninsula
  • Conditional Waiver of Waste Discharge Requirements for Irrigated Lands
  • TMDLs in the Monterey Bay Region of California
• Geomorphology
  • Basin-Indians Fire Erosion and Debris Flows
• Fish & aquatic ecology
  • Steelhead Management in the Monterey Bay Region
  • Coho Salmon Crisis in the Central California Coast ESU
  • Potential watershed impacts on Elkhorn Slough
• Wildlife
  • Riparian habitats as wildlife corridors in the California Central Coast Region
• Land use
  • Conversion of Carr Lake to a Multi-Use Park
  • Harkins Slough and Expansion of Urban Land Use at Watsonville
  • Use of Sloped Areas in Monterey County
  • CEQA projects on the Central Coast

• Template issue

Links

• California's Central Coast Region
• Summaries of Environmental Topics on the Central Coast of California

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