1. Lower Putah Creek Community Watershed Management

2. Watershed Plan Science-based and Community Supported

3. Watershed Scale Assessment

4. Wildlife Monitoring

5. Bird Counts by River Mile

6. LiDAR Elevation Model

7. Community Participation

8. Priority Project List

9. Committed Action

10. Understanding the Watershed

11. Why Are Tributaries Eroding? Pleasants Creek Dry Creek

12. Effect of Monticello Dam on Peak Flood Flows

13. Effect of Monticello Dam on Peak Flood Stage

14. Enlarging Tributary Channels

15. Bridge Failure

16. Turbidity

17. June 2005

18. January 2006

19. Hoskins Ranch 2001

20. Hoskins Ranch 2005

21. Rock Vanes

22. Dry Creek

23. Cut Arundo at Dry Creek

24. Arundo Induced Erosion

25. Restoring Dry Creek Confluence

26. Design Channel

27. Restored Bank

28. After 12,500 CFS Runoff Event

29. Gravel Recharge 2008

30. Winters Putah Creek Park

31. WPCP 1962

32. Winters Putah Creek Park River Parkway Round 3

33. Success Criteria Near Term (1-5 years) Eliminate Blight Eliminate Invasive Weeds Increase Aquatic Invertebrates Mid Term (3-7 years) Lower Water Temperature Reduce Turbidity Increase Salmon Population Long Term (7-10 years) Increase Native Fish and Wildlife

34. Conclusions 1)Communities manage watersheds 2)Community involvement, watershed scale assessment and consensus planning generates commitment to science-based and community- supported action. http://www.watershedportals.org/lpccc