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Tools for Linking Tools for Linking Management Measures to Management Measures to
Water QualityWater Quality
Information Center for the Environment
Mike Byrne
March 6, 2001
OutlineOutline
BackgroundNRPIManagement Measures – Management
Practices DataRWQCB TMDL support
BackgroundBackground
ICE is:– A Team of Analysts, Specialists, and
Programmers– Researching and developing methods for
integrating spatial data and multiple databases– In order to provide better resource decision
making tools
BackgroundBackground
Cooperative Facility (interdepartmental) within the Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy– GIS, database and modeling support– Public access to data, maps, models and reports– Maintains one of the most extensive on-line
environmental bibliographies– Website is accessed over 14,000 times per week
Natural Resource Projects Natural Resource Projects Inventory (NRPI)Inventory (NRPI)
A Cooperative Effort Between
UC Davis Information Center for the
Environment (ICE)
California Biodiversity Council
Natural Resource Projects Natural Resource Projects Inventory (NRPI)Inventory (NRPI)
http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/nrpi/
Natural Resource Projects Natural Resource Projects Inventory (NRPI)Inventory (NRPI)
A searchable on-line database with nearly 2000 watershed management and on-the-ground restoration projects in California
A decision support tool and tracking device for resource managers and the public, receiving over 1200 hits daily
Contains over 2400 cooperators, funders, and landowners; 1600 contacts; and 1200 species
Over 1600 projects are spatially referenced
NRPI NRPI OverviewOverview Internet
CORE DATA
Watershed Groups Database
Watershed Projects Inventory
(WPI)
CA Ecological Restoration Projects Inventory (CERPI)
CA Noxious WeedControl Projects
Inventory(CalWeed)
ICEMaps2
On-line Mapping
California Rivers Assessment (CARA)
Components of NRPI Components of NRPI DatabaseDatabase
WPI (Watershed Projects Inventory)– Started with funds from CBC to UC Davis in
1993, with primary direction and support from CDFG and SWRCB
– Additional support from BLM, CDF and USEPA
– Focus is on projects with 3 or more cooperators – Can be a watershed plan that is yet to be
implemented– Contains: contacts, purpose, location, habitat,
species, cooperators, methods and more – http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/wpi/
Components of NRPI Components of NRPI DatabaseDatabase
CERPI (Ecological Restoration Projects)– Funded in 1996 through grant from USEPA,
plus matching funds from CA Department of Conservation and CA Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SERCAL)
– On-the-ground restoration projects Can be single group or multi-group effort Same data fields as WPI
– http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/cerpi/
Components of NRPI Components of NRPI DatabaseDatabase
CalWeed (California Noxious Weed Control Projects Inventory)– Group formed by the Signing of a Memorandum
of Understanding (1995 – 1997) by sixteen State and Federal Agencies
– An Inventory of Noxious Weed Projects in California Searchable by Species, Controls, Location, etc.
– An On-line Encyclopedia of Weed biology and Control Data with additional links
– http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/cerpi/
Other ProjectsOther Projects
EPA’s California Water Quality Planning Projects– http://www.epa.gov/region09/water/projects/– Includes all 319(h) and 205(j) projects
CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Projects – Spatial and text searches for projects including:
CALFED Ecological Management Unit Boundaries, Watershed Boundaries, Political Boundaries (in development)
Web-based Interfaces in Web-based Interfaces in ProgressProgress
My Watershed Page (in development)– Accessible on the Sacramento River Watershed Program
Homepage http://sacriver.org– Will query NRPI database by Sacramento River
watershed map
San Francisco Bay Fund Inventory Project (in development)– Will provide access to NRPI data through clickable map
Management Measures - Management Measures - Management PracticesManagement Practices
For SWRCBTrack the effectiveness of Management
MeasuresTag to AuthoritiesIssues
– No standardization (between agencies) of BMP’s
– No clear idea of effectiveness
Management Measures - Management Measures - Management PracticesManagement Practices
Strategy– Tag projects (TMDL watersheds) with
measures and practices– GPS the site– Photo Document the site
Management Measures - Management Measures - Management PracticesManagement Practices
Create a Database for– Tracking– Initiation– Implementation– Effectiveness
Enter projects into NRPIDigital Photographic evidenceRegister to Authorities Database
Management Measures - Management Measures - Management PracticesManagement Practices
Outcome – GIS ready– Simple documentation of management
measures and practices – Return potential to examine effectiveness– Database, searchable, on-line– Standards– Pilot additional in depth work
Region 5 TMDL SupportRegion 5 TMDL Support
TMDL on the Sacramento River for Diazinon Spray for dormant orchards Grouping of Management Practices to reduce
– Runoff reduction– Selection of pest management strategies– Application methods
Voluntary - Survey
Region 5 TMDL SupportRegion 5 TMDL Support
Create a survey to assess the amount of voluntary management practices
Compile survey into a databaseSpatially Reference the surveyCreate GIS tools to view CA Dept.
Pesticide Regulation Data and survey data in one framework
Region 5 TMDL SupportRegion 5 TMDL Support
Amount of pesticide applied per 1 square mile
Land Use (Orchard)– Almond, Prune, Peaches, Walnuts
Amount of pesticide applied per orchardTypes and amount of BMP’s per orchardIdentify trends in pesticide reduction
GLENN BUTTE
COLUSASUTTER
Diazinon Use in the Diazinon Use in the Sacramento ValleySacramento Valley
Region 5 TMDL SupportRegion 5 TMDL Support
Provide mechanism in ArcView to see where Management Practices are reducing the amount of Diazinon run-off
Over time
Information Center for the Information Center for the EnvironmentEnvironment
http://www.ice.ucdavis.eduMike Byrne – [email protected] Ward – [email protected]
On-line NRPI Data Entry FormTracking system for Authorities,
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Photo documentation of implemented BMPs
Boolean Query system for NRPI database
Coming Soon for NRPIComing Soon for NRPI
How to ParticipateHow to Participate
Download NRPI form at:– http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/nrpi/
Obtain form included in RFP for Calfed’s Ecosystem Restoration Projects, EPA’s 319(h) and 205(j) Grants, Prop 13’s three new RFPs, and DWR’s Urban Stream Restoration Project
Contact Kevin Ward at: (ph) 530-752-2378, (fax) 530-752-3350 or email at: [email protected]