1. Creek Mouth Assessment Project North Bay Watershed Association – Petaluma - 10/12/2012 Adrien Baudrimont

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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 DataQuantitative Data DescriptionsCreek Mouth Numbers: Length, widths Interested PartiesRestoration Polygons ConstraintsInvasive Plants OpportunitiesPresence of Steelheads Land Use & Ownership How to represent this data ? County & Creek Mouth Level

5. County level Creek Mouth Query Length of the creek mouth, width at the mouth Invasive Plants Presence of Steelhead Local stakeholders Contamination/trash Public land Private land

6. Creek Mouth level Creek Mouth Query Public land Private land Ownership Restoration Projects Levees Data Historical Ecology

7. 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

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