Central Coast Watershed Studies

Department of Applied Environmental Science

Projects and Project Areas

Projects and Project Areas

Habitat & Wildlife

Completed Project
2005 CDFG Fish habitat mapping
2005 National Wetland Inventory (NWI)
2005 GWC Garrapata steelhead barriers
2004 MPWMD Carmel Woody Debris
2003 RWQCB Salinas fish & stream habitat mapping
2002 Arroyo Seco Inverts

Lagoons

Completed Project
2007 Lagoons database
2007 CDPR Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project
2006 GWC Garrapata Watershed Assessment (includes the lagoon)
2004 Cal-Am Carmel Lagoon groundwater
2004 Lagoon studies overview (MCRWA, Cal-Am, CDPR)
Hills of big sur
Completed Project
2005 CDFG Fish habitat mapping
2005 National Wetland Inventory (NWI)
2005 GWC Garrapata steelhead barriers
2004 MPWMD Carmel Woody Debris
2003 RWQCB Salinas fish & stream habitat mapping
2002 Arroyo Seco Inverts
Carmel Lagoon
Completed Project
2007 Lagoons database
2007 CDPR Carmel River Lagoon Enhancement Project
2006 GWC Garrapata Watershed Assessment (includes the lagoon)
2004 Cal-Am Carmel Lagoon groundwater
2004 Lagoon studies overview (MCRWA, Cal-Am, CDPR)
Student
Completed Project
2012 Alternative compliance framework for stormwater management in the Central Coast Region
2006 MCWRA Rec Ditch Watershed Assessment & Management Strategy
2006 GWC Garrapata Watershed Assessment
2004 CRWC Carmel Watershed
2003 The Pajaro
2003 Williams Cyn Mgt Plan
2002 BLM Fort Ord W'shed assessment

General Water Quality & Aquatic Ecology

Completed Project
2012 Newell Creek Reservoir algal blooms
2011 Pacific Grove Watershed Delineation
2011 SWRCB Algae Biomonitoring and Assessment of Central Coast Watersheds
2011 NSF/MBARI Real-time Biogeochemical Monitoring Network Elkhorn Slough
2011 SWRCB/CCWQC Food safety research through water quality
2007 SWRCB Treatment wetland design & monitoring
2007 SWRCB Ag practice effectiveness monitoring
2006 SFEI Wetland Tracker
2006 GWC Garrapata Water & Sediment
2005 RWQCB Pacheco & Uvas storm water quality
2004 CDPR Lower Salinas pesticide monitoring
2003 RWQCB Chualar Sediment, Nutrients, Pathogens
2002 Natividad nutrients
Ongoing CCoWS Protocols

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

Completed Project
2005, 2004 RWQCB Watsonville Pathogens & Sediment
2003 RWQCB Salinas Sediment
2003 RWQCB Salinas Nutrients
2003 RWQCB Salinas fish-habitat
Students water quality
Completed Project
2012 Newell Creek Reservoir algal blooms
2011 Pacific Grove Watershed Delineation
2011 SWRCB Algae Biomonitoring and Assessment of Central Coast Watersheds
2011 NSF/MBARI Real-time Biogeochemical Monitoring Network Elkhorn Slough
2011 SWRCB/CCWQC Food safety research through water quality
2007 SWRCB Treatment wetland design & monitoring
2007 SWRCB Ag practice effectiveness monitoring
2006 SFEI Wetland Tracker
2006 GWC Garrapata Water & Sediment
2005 RWQCB Pacheco & Uvas storm water quality
2004 CDPR Lower Salinas pesticide monitoring
2003 RWQCB Chualar Sediment, Nutrients, Pathogens
2002 Natividad nutrients
Ongoing CCoWS Protocols
Cyanobacteria
Completed Project
2005, 2004 RWQCB Watsonville Pathogens & Sediment
2003 RWQCB Salinas Sediment
2003 RWQCB Salinas Nutrients
2003 RWQCB Salinas fish-habitat
GIS heat map
Completed Project
Current Land use in the Fort Ord region
2012 Carmel Highlands fire-plan mapping
2005, 2003, 2001 RWQCB Central Coast Land Cover