Watershed Modeling workshop 12.12.22 | Full
Channel: Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Date: 2023-01-09

2022 - 2023 The Science of Puget Sound Water Quality Series 
Sign-up for details on upcoming events: http://eepurl.com/h5nxsr

The PSEMP Modeling Work Group and Puget Sound Institute as part of The Science of Puget Sound Water Quality project co-hosted a Watershed Modeling workshop on December 12, 2022. The workshop began with an overview of some current watershed models and regional decision support tools relevant to nutrient management, including the Hood Canal Landscape Assessment and Prioritization Tool, VELMA, SPARROW, Stormwater Heatmap, Water Quality Benefits Evaluation, and BasinScout. The discussion then turned to considering future scenarios and drivers in the use of these tools. For example, future climate change, and land cover predictions such as Puget Sound Institute’s Land Cover Change Model, Envision, and scenario planning processes such as the Puget Sound Partnership’s Future Scenarios project. Experts then reflected on knowledge gaps and shared inputs that could potentially benefit from collaborative improvements in the region.

This workshop was intended to be the beginning of a discussion on the models presented, which are a subset of the tools developed and available in the Puget Sound region. We hope to continue and expand engagement on the topic through follow-up PSEMP Modeling Work Group meetings. In the meantime, please share other regional models, tools, and future inputs for consideration through the Modeling Compendium Contribution Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciTkipwMywD7y01uPfBTzTZ66pCSccxAEdaJUwdcx4tLAJBQ/viewform

All of the videos from The Science of Puget Sound Water Quality workshop series are available in the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRbxVtsJECop0jy5afqV4GZYh4ml7nOWC

Learn more at: https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/about/waterquality/

Chapters: 
00:00 Intro

6:19 Hood Canal Landscape Assessment and Prioritization Tool 
Scott Brewer, Hood Canal Coordinating Council 

14:45 VELMA (Visualizing Ecosystem and Land Management Assessments) 
Bob McKane, Environmental Protection Agency 

26:00 SPARROW (Spatially Referenced Regression on Watershed Attributes) 
Dan Wise, USGS 

35:58 Stormwater Heatmap 
Christian Nilsen, Geosyntec  

47:15 WQBE (Water Quality Benefits Evaluation) 
Jeff Burkey, King County 

1:03:39 BasinScout 
Nick Osman, The Freshwater Trust 

1:18:05 Future Inputs & Scenarios 
Stefano Mazzilli, University of Washington Puget Sound Institute 

1:24:26 Discussion