Copeland Creek Watershed Assessment

Summary
Copeland Creek is a small tributary in the southeastern corner of the Russian River watershed. The City of Rohnert Park occupies the downstream half of the drainage where the creek is primarily a straightened flood control channel. Copeland Creek is a tributary of the Laguna de Santa Rosa. The upstream half of the watershed is rural and the creek is a natural channel.

This watershed assessment reviews erosion sources in the watershed, the current and historic condition of the creek channel and watershed, the extent of riparian forest, water quality and temperature conditions, and land uses. The goal of the watershed assessment is to investigate a broad range of current and historic conditions in the watershed and creek and recommend enhancement projects and Best Management Practices (BMPs) to improve water quality and creek habitat conditions.

Documents
The Copeland Creek Watershed Assessment Report is presented here as a series of seven Portable Document Format (pdf) files. The first file contains the report itself; the next contains large figures referenced by the report. The other five files contain the appendices.

• Copeland Creek Watershed Assessment Report   (5.8 MB pdf)
• Large Figures   (16.1 MB pdf)     [Note: Maps require 11" x 17" paper, and should be inserted into the body of the main report as indicated by the placeholder pages.]

Appendices:

1. Fairfield Osborn Preserve Species List   (0.1 MB pdf)
2. Temperature Monitoring Graphs   (2.0 MB pdf)
3. Best Management Practices for Grazing Lands   (2.3 MB pdf)
4. Best Management Practices for Horse Pastures, Paddocks and Stables   (1.1 MB pdf)
5. Urban Runoff and Pollution Prevention   (1.1 MB pdf)

This assessment was funded by the Proposition 13 Costa Machado Water Act of 2001 and administered by the State Water Resources Control Board and the Sonoma County Water Agency. Please contact Sierra Cantor if you have questions regarding this report.