Watershed: an area of land where all the H2O drains to the same place More poetic: "that area of land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living.

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Watershed: an area of land where all the H2O drains to the same place More poetic: "that area of land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common water course and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded that they become part of a community.“ John Powell

Know your HUC Before states, cities, counties… you were known by your watershed! Hydrological unit code HUC! More digits, more “specific” HUC-2 (17) is the pacific northwest HUC-4 (1706): Lower Snake River HUC-8 (17060108): Palouse HUC-12 (170601080202) is our specific drainage

Our watershed

Our watershed

Group Assignments 5 3 4 2 1

Assignment In your group (From Friday), take a watershed tour Follow the river to its headwaters on Moscow Mountain, What impacts the water quality? Farming, roads, straightening, livestock, houses, industrial, parking lots, parks, fields, playing fields/grass, etc… Google maps, Google earth, personal knowledge, etc… Class Presentation: Group 1: South of Troy Highway to Buffalo Hump Group 2: In town to Mtn View Park (City limit to North) Group 3: Mtn View park to headwaters Group 4: Downstream of our site to WA State Line Group 5: Stateline to the Snake