Creek Mouth Assessment Project
North Bay Watershed Association – Petaluma - 10/12/2012 Adrien Baudrimont
Project Background
San Francisco Estuary Partnership
Watershed Program
Implement SFEP Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan
Support community-
based watershed
stewardship
Increase local government
capacity
Assess and compare
watershed health
Increase resiliency with
regard to climate change
Project Pyramid
Creek Mouth general assessment based on existing information
Identify Creek Mouth Restoration Opportunities
Excel table with information on creek mouths (Tool1)
GIS Dataset focused on creek mouths (Tool2)
Qualitative & quantitative information gathering (SFEP + Partners) GIS Data (SFEI)
Tools
Method
Collecting Data about Creek Mouths
From the Opening to the Bay
To the first Upstream Barrier
Creek Mouth
• Bridge• Culvert• Major tributary
Creek Mouth Table (Tool1)
Narrative Data Quantitative Data
Descriptions Creek Mouth Numbers: Length, widths
Interested Parties Restoration Polygons
Constraints Invasive Plants
Opportunities Presence of Steelheads
Land Use & Ownership
How to represent this data?
County & Creek Mouth Level
County level
Creek Mouth Query
Length of the creek mouth, width at the mouth
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Creek Mouth Length - Meters
04080
120
Width at the Mouth - Meters
Invasive Plants
Presence of Steelhead
Local stakeholders
Contamination/trash
Public landPrivate land
Creek Mouth level
Creek Mouth Query
Public landPrivate land
Ownership
Restoration Projects
Levees Data
Historical Ecology
Today
Pilot Project: Marin County
10 Creeks, from Coyote Creek to Novato Creek
Building of the method, how much details do we need, what indicators.
First step to test the project, then all around the Bay, ± 85 creeks
One year project
Phase 2: Online Tool
Thank you!
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