Laguna de Santa Rosa Watershed

Documents

The Sotoyome Resource Conservation District, under contract with the California Department of Fish and Game, implemented a series of cleanup activities on the Yuba Unit of the Santa Rosa Plain Ecological Reserve on June 19, 2006. The majority of cleanup activities took place over a 2 week period. Minor details were completed throughout the summer months of 2006. This report is a summary of activities completed onsite.

The Copeland Creek 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.

Russian River Creek Stewardship Monitoring and Assessment Summary Report 1998-2004. The Sotoyome Resource Conservation District in partnership with Laurel Marcus and Associates and Dennis Jackson began a creek stewardship program for tributary streams in the Russian River watershed in 1998. To date, six reports have summarized the program methods and protocols, watershed assessments, monitoring results and projects.

Russian River First Flush 2007. Urban runoff is widely acknowledged to be one of the largest sources of pollutants that impair water quality and aquatic resources. Monitoring stormwater, particularly during the first major rain event of the season helps establish baselines for pollutants, data trends, identify hotspots to follow up on and provides feedback on current and future pollutant control and reduction efforts.