1. 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

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

6. Background

7. 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

9. Indicators v. Performance Measures Projects Implemented

10. 100 80 60 40 20 Watershed health (% of target) Time

11. 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

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

14. Project Schedule

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

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

17. Criteria Valid? Understandable? Available ? Manageable?

18. Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics

19. Draft North Bay Indices

20. Floodplain Protection

21. Water Quality

22. Recreation and Public Education

23. Habitat Enhancement

24. Water Supply

25. SCORECARD Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics Index Indicators or Performance Measures Metrics

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

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

29. Questions?

30. Contact Information Kat Ridolfi SFEI kat@sfei.org (510) 746-7392