Evaluating Your Watershed
Workshop Overview
Workshop Overview
Why Do an Assessment?
What is Watershed Assessment?
Watershed Assessment Approaches
Federal Guide: Ecosystem Analysis at the Watershed Scale
Washington Forest Practices: Standard Methodology for Conducting Watershed Analysis
The “Bradbury Method”
The Oregon Watershed Assessment Manual
The Manual is a Valuable Tool
Assessment Manual: Limitations
Watershed Assessment Components
Start-Up and Identification of Watershed Issues
Characterization Methods: Key Parts
Historical Conditions Assessment: Critical Questions
Historical Conditions Assessment: Methods
Historical Conditions Assessment: Example
Channel Habitat Type Classification: Critical Questions
Channel Habitat Type Classification: Methods
Channel Habitat Type Classification: Methods
Channel Habitat Type Classification: Example
Hydrology and Water Use: Critical Questions
Hydrology: Methods
Hydrology: Example
Hydrology: Example
Water Use: Critical Questions
Water Use: Methods
Riparian / Wetlands: Critical Questions
Riparian: Methods
Riparian: Example
Wetlands: Critical Questions
Wetlands: Methods
Wetlands: Example
Sediment Sources: Critical Questions
Sediment Sources: Methods
Sediment Sources: Example
Channel Modification: Critical Questions
Channel Modification: Methods
Channel Modification: Example
Water Quality: Critical Questions
Water Quality: Methods
Water Quality: Example
Fish and Fish Habitat: Critical Questions
Fish and Fish Habitat: Methods
Fish and Fish Habitat: Example
Fish and Fish Habitat: Example
Monitoring Plan
Watershed Assessment Project Planning
Watershed Assessment Project Planning
Watershed Assessment Project Planning
Watershed Assessment Project Planning
Watershed Assessment Project Planning
Project Planning: Example
Watershed Assessment Project Planning: Example
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Critical Questions
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Critical Questions
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Cumulative Effects
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Cumulative Effects
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Methods
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Methods
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Link to Action Planning
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Link to Action Planning
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Link to Action Planning
Watershed Condition Evaluation: Example
Watershed Action Planning
Watershed Action Planning
Watershed Action Planning
Establishing Priorities: Example of a “Coarse Filter”by Subwatershed
Watershed Action Planning: Example
Watershed Action Planning: Example
Watershed Action Planning: Example