Creek Mouth Assessment Project

North Bay Watershed Association – Petaluma - 10/12/2012 Adrien Baudrimont

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

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

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 Data Quantitative Data

Descriptions Creek Mouth Numbers: Length, widths

Interested Parties Restoration Polygons

Constraints Invasive Plants

Opportunities Presence of Steelheads

Land Use & Ownership

How to represent this data?

County & Creek Mouth Level

County level

Creek Mouth Query

Length of the creek mouth, width at the mouth

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Creek Mouth Length - Meters

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Width at the Mouth - Meters

Invasive Plants

Presence of Steelhead

Local stakeholders

Contamination/trash

Public landPrivate land

Creek Mouth level

Creek Mouth Query

Public landPrivate land

Ownership

Restoration Projects

Levees Data

Historical Ecology

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

Thank you!