How healthy is your watershed? Indicators and Performance Measures for the North Bay Kat Ridolfi San Francisco Estuary Institute North Bay Watershed Council.

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How healthy is your watershed? Indicators and Performance Measures for the North Bay Kat Ridolfi San Francisco Estuary Institute North Bay Watershed Council Meeting June 25, 2009

Outline Background Purpose Previous indicators work Scope of NBWA Indicators project Indicator/performance measure selection and organization Draft indices Expected applications Next Steps

Background

Indicator Terms Goal: Protect and enhance aquatic, riparian, and upland habitats. Objective: Protect threatened and endangered species population and improve watershed health Index: Fish index Indicator: Salmonid populations Metric: total smolt production Performance measure: % of target smolts returning to native streams Target: 100 smolts per tributary

Indicators v. Performance Measures Projects Implemented

Watershed health (% of target) Time

Past work to Build On SFEI’s Report on Monitoring Approaches (2007) The Bay Institute’s Scorecard (2003, 2005) Bay-Delta and other WAF projects (ongoing) Napa-Sonoma Water Supply Scorecard

Project Partners San Francisco Estuary Institute The Bay Institute Sonoma Ecology Center Marin County Public Works Napa County Planning

Project Schedule

Framework NBWA Categories –Water Supply –Water Quality –Habitat Enhancement –Recreation and Public Education –Flood Protection

Identify potential indicators Choose indicators Goals and Objectives What do you strive for in the system? Indicator Criteria Previous Work

Criteria Valid? Understandable? Available ? Manageable?

Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics

Draft North Bay Indices

Floodplain Protection

Water Quality

Recreation and Public Education

Habitat Enhancement

Water Supply

SCORECARD Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics

North Bay Applications Watershed Plans Stormwater Programs Implementation projects in a watershed(e.g. bank stabilization, flood control, vegetation) Regional planning efforts

Next Steps TaskDate Continuing outreach and accepting comments June-July Next North Bay Watershed Council meeting September? Draft ReportSeptember200 9 Final ReportNovember 2009

Questions?

Contact Information Kat Ridolfi SFEI (510)