Program Research & Extension Efforts

The Watershed Management Program team is actively investigating the effectiveness of practices to improve water quality and restore stream habitat. The overall goal of this effort is to identify feasible solutions for natural resource stewardship that contribute to the economic vitality of California's working landscape. Individual research project descriptions and results are provided below:

Improving Water Quality

• Paired Watershed Research
• Stemple Creek Water Quality Analysis (Conservation Effects Assessment Program)
• Five Northern California Estuaries Study Report and Monitoring Guidelines
• Dairy and grazing livestock operations
  • University of California Tomales Bay Water Quality Project
  • Linking On-Farm Dairy Management Practices to Fecal Coliform Loading for California Coastal Watersheds

Documenting Restoration Success

• Riparian Revegetation Evaluation
• Monitoring Method Evaluation

Water Demand and Irrigation Technology

• Russian River Agricultural Water Demand and Irrigation Technology Project

Russian River Coho Salmon Recovery Monitoring