Week 10: Watershed Management and Planning

Question 1

watershed

Answer 1

area of land draining into a common waterbody or waterway

Question 2

What 2 components does a waterbody have?

Answer 2

1. surface

2. groundwater

Question 3

What are the 6 levels of the hierarchal classification for a watershed?

Answer 3

1. Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)
2. Region
3. Basin
4. Watershed
5. sub-watershed
6. sub sub-watershed

Question 4

1. gradient
2. geology
3. temperature
4. size

Answer 4

river classifications; river valley segments

Question 5

1. Public water supply (drinking water)
2. Agricultural water supply
3. Industrial water supply
4. Navigation
5. Cold and warm water fisheries
6. Other indigenous wildlife and aquatic life
7. Partial body contact recreation
8. total body contact (between May and October 1)
9. Fish consumption

Answer 5

Why is developing a watershed plan is important?

Question 6

What are the 5 common features of a water management plan (WMP)?

Answer 6

1. interactive and adaptive
2. holistic
3. geographically defined
4. Integrated with other planning methods
5. Collaborative

Question 7

Step 1 of a WMP

Answer 7

Build Partnerships

Question 8

Step 2 of a WMP

Answer 8

Characterize the watershed

Question 9

Step 3 of a WMP

Answer 9

Finalize Goals and ID Solutions

Question 10

Step 4 of a WMP

Answer 10

Design Implementation Program

Question 11

Step 5 of a WMP

Answer 11

Implement the Plan

Question 12

Step 6 of a WMP

Answer 12

Measure Progress and Modify (as needed)

Question 13

• ID stakeholders
• establish a stakeholder committee
• create a technical advisory team
• summarize all community-based planning efforts
• create a vision statement
• ID initial issues of concern

Answer 13

1. Build partnerships

Question 14

statement summarizing what partners, landowners and citizens are striving for

[Build partnerships]

Answer 14

vision statement

Question 15

What is the purpose of public outreach?

[Build partnerships]

Answer 15

• raise awareness
• inform
• gather information from stakeholders
• motivate people to participate in planning and implementation

Question 16

understand the community, create incentives, and motivate people to take action

[Build partnerships]

Answer 16

key to increasing participation in water quality improvement efforts

Question 17

Public outreach efforts are most effective when…

[Build partnerships]

Answer 17

1. you know the audience
2. use humor
3. allow for questions/comments
4. evaluate and refine for future efforts (a learning process)

Question 18

What data and information goes into characterizing a watershed?

Characterize the watershed

Answer 18

• hydronic features, soils, land cover, species
• human alterations: pollution source, human land use, invasive species
• GIS: topography, land use and soils, groundwater, dams and watersheds