Watershed Management Area Plan for the Malibu Creek Watershed

160 Pages·2001·6.29 MB·English

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Watershed Management
Area Plan for the
Malibu Creek
Watershed
Prepared for:
Las Virgenes Malibu Conejo
Council of Governments
Prepared by:
PCR Services Corporation
1 Venture, Suite 150
Irvine, California 92618
Contact:Julie Fontaine
Eric Stein
WaterCycle LLC
34969 Skogan Road
Sandy, Oregon 97055
Contact:N. Christine Perala
John L. Gardiner
January 2001
Watershed Management
Area Plan for the
Malibu Creek
Watershed
Prepared for:
Las Virgenes Malibu Conejo
Council of Governments
Prepared by:
PCR Services Corporation
1 Venture, Suite 150
Irvine, California 92618
Tel: [phone]
WaterCycle LLC
34969 Skogan Road
Sandy, Oregon 97055
Tel: [phone]
January 2001
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2.1 SER UADTEAHESFRETAW ND MAPS ................................ ................................ ..... 12
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2.2 EXISTING MONITORING EFFORTS ................................ ................................ ......... 29
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2.3 GNITSIXSEMARGORP ................................ ................................ .............................. 36
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3.1 NOI TMIENALIBFOERDP ND REVIEW/ANALYSIS O G ANQTIWATD SFIXE .... 51
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3.3 ECRUO SLEARRU TPAANM S – LA I TRNOEFTOSPU GS NISIGA A
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4.1 EVRE SDEENRCAPNAHNE LA ICSIEFSEUNEB ................................ .................... 63
4.2 L ACERORUROTPTASNER SESSE NIHTIWHSRETAW ED ................................ ... 64
4.3 LNAAULOTPFP EACNOC DREEMHESGRAENTAAMW NT ................................ 66
5.1 INTRODUCTI NO ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 68
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1.0 FRAMEWORK AND GO TCE J SOEFLRHOAPT

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PHASE I
Define the PROBLEM
PHASE II
Information Gathering
Redefine the
PHASE V
• U n d e r s t a n d in g R e s o u r c e s
PROBLEM
Implement of WMAP • C o lle c t E x is t in g D a t a
• M a p N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s
• P o lic y c h a n g e s
• S t r a t e g y • I d e n t if y S t a k e h o ld e r s
• S t u d ie s / D a t a G a t h e r in g
• A n a ly s is & E v a lu a t io n
• R e c o m m e n d e d A c t io n s ID Data Gaps
• P r io r it iz a t io n
• P la n n in g & D e s ig n
PHASE III
• I m p le m e n t A c t io n s
Analyze and Evaluate Data
• M o n it o r & E v a lu a t e
PHASE IV
• R e f in e I s s u e s f o r W a t e r s h e d H e a lt h
• R e e v a lu a t e G o a ls
• D e v e lo p C o n c e p t u a l P la n
• I d e n t if y R e le v a n t P o lic e s ( in g e n e r a l t e r m s )
Figure 1
Watershed Management
Area Plan (WMAP)
Framework
S o u rce : P C R S e rvice s C o rp o ra tio n a n d W a te rC y cle L L C , 2 0 0 1