Projects
Instream
Flows
CCWI
in partnership with local watershed groups and volunteers
plans to broaden our flow monitoring program of local creeks
over for the coming summer. Data will be used to develop
minimum flows required for fish survival.
CCWI
has received funding from American Water to conduct a summer
study of flow and water quality at Mark West Creek.
ArcGIS
CCWI
will be setting up a GIS work station in the coming weeks.
GIS is mapping / database software used in all environmental
fields. It is also capable of creating professional quality
maps displaying an incredible array of information. The
CCWI GIS station will be open to stewardship groups and
students who would like to use this tool for water and natural
resource related projects and displays.
Laguna
Monitoring
CCWI
plans to increase our water quality monitoring of the impaired
Laguna De Santa Rosa. Excessive nutrient concentrations are
causing many problems in the Laguna including algal blooms,
low dissolved oxygen concentrations and the spread of invasive
species. CCWI plans to work in collaboration with other groups
to assess what are the primary sources of netrients and can
these sources be controlled.
Voices
of the River
CCWI
and West County Community Services have developed an after-school
program in Monte Rio at the new Youth Center. All West County
youth between 11 and 18 are invited to adopt your River and
Youth Center. We will be doing water testing, a creek clean
up and restoration, a ropes course and camping. Please call
Robert at 824-4370 or Kellie at 824-6410 to learn more.
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Data
Reports
and data from CCWI projects are available on the Data
page. Data through 2007 is available through this site.
Winter 2006-2008
Pollution Alerts!
There are many more polluted
waters out there, these are just the few CCWI has found...
Nitrate-Nitrogen over 1.0
mg/L:
Americano Creek
Atascadero Creek
Blucher Creek
Colgan Creek
Cheney Gulch
Laguna De Santa Rosa
Mark West Creek
Salmon Creek
Windsor Creek
Total Phosphorous over
0.1 mg/L:
Americano Creek
Blucher Creek
Colgan Creek
Dutch Bill Creek
Green Valley Creek
Laguna De Santa Rosa
Mark West Creek
Santa Rosa Creek
Turbidity over 100 NTU:
Cheney Gulch
Salmon Creek
Green Valley Creek
Laguna de Santa Rosa
Mark West Creek
Russian River
E. Col over 235 MPN per
100 ml:
Atascadero in Ragle
Ranch Park
Windsor Creek at Windsor Road
Russian River at Johnson's Beach
Russian River at Odd Fellow's Park
Salmon Creek at Bodega
Dutch Bill Creek at Occidental
Conductivity over 500:
Runoff from Hageman
Quarry Hwy 1
Cheney Gulch
Americano Creek
Atascadero Creek
Colgan Creek
Dutch Bill Creek
Laguna de Santa Rosa
Mark West Creek
Winsor Creek
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News
Sonoma
County Environmental Resource Guide, 2007
CCWI
2006 Annual Report (pdf), 2007 Annual Report in the making.
Recent
News:
March
2008, CCWI Sonoma County Fish and Wildlife Commission Grant
for Turbidity Nutrient and Bacteria Monitoring Program of
Dutch Bill Creek near Occidental. The objective of the study
is to document turbidity and water quality parameters during
during storm and correlate the finding to flow.
April
2008, CCWI receives ESRI grant for ArcGIS software: ArcEditor
9.2, 3D Analyst and Spatial Analyst
Dry
Farmed Grapes?
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