J-2. Ecosystem and Watershed (Ecosystem) Goal, Continued OBJECTIVES PERFORMANCE MEASURES MONITORING METHODS Protect and recover threatened, endangered and sensitive species through habitat restoration, stream flow management, and fish passage restoration. Increasing number of management programs and projects with the primary benefit to improve threatened, endangered, and sensitive species corridors. The District will coordinate with local agencies such as the County Planning Department, Land Conservancy, and Resource Conservation districts to track miles of additional steam or land opened to species habitat or migration; miles of additional stream or watershed corridor restored and the decrease in threatened, endangered, and/or sensitive species populations. Reduce impacts of invasive species by removal and/or other management/control methods to promote healthy ecosystems. Increasing number of studies and management and/or prevention programs and projects established to reduce invasive species or native species populations. Decreasing number of invasive species problems. The District will coordinate with local agencies such as the County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office and Resource Conservation districts to track the number of studies and management and/or prevention programs and projects established to reduce invasive species or native species populations and the number of invasive species problems. Increase monitoring and promote research programs to obtain a greater understanding of the long-term effects of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on the Region’s watersheds and ecosystems. Existence of monitoring and research programs that identify the long-term effects of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on the Region’s watersheds and ecosystems. The District will inventory climate change monitoring efforts and the extent to which the long-term effects are understood for the Region as a part of the IRWM Plan’s 5-year update cycle. establish establish
as a part of the IRWM Plan’s 5year update cycle. Protect and improve groundwater quality from point and non-point source pollution, including geothermal contamination and seawater intrusion. Increasing number of projects/programs implemented for the improvement and protection of groundwater water quality. The District will the projects/programs implemented for the improvement and protection of groundwater basin water quality. Flood Management Goal OBJECTIVES PERFORMANCE MEASURES MONITORING METHODS Understand management needs per watershed or water planning area. Decreasing number of watersheds without plans regarding flood management needs. The District will inventory the number of watersheds without plans regarding flood management needs as a part of the IRWM Plan’s 5-year update cycle. Promote the implementation of Low Impact Development projects and practices to reduce storm runoff to protect infrastructure and property from flood damage. Increasing number of development projects where specific development conditions have been applied for the incorporation of storm water runoff reduction elements. The District will coordinate with local agencies such as the County Planning Department, individual communities, Resource Conservation districts and the resource agencies to track the number of development projects where specific development conditions have been applied for the incorporation of storm water runoff reduction elements. effective
Actively support and promote local control in addressing water resource issues through establishing stakeholder groups, working with local groundwater governance bodies, and partnering with cities, community services districts and other water purveyors when possible. Development of a communication network for the purpose of reaching out in the most cost and timely manner. Total number of communication events making use of documented structured network and the estimated total number of people informed. The District will coordinate with local entities to track the occurrence of water management efforts in the Region that are supportive of local control and involve coordination amongst multiple entities, and collect information on the number of people informed and by what method. Consider property owner rights, existing water supplies and cultural values in the planning and implementation of IRWM projects and programs. Demonstrated efforts to work with planning and water agencies to protect existing water rights and private lands of those possible affected by their actions. The District will track when property owner rights and cultural values are addressed during IRWM efforts in the Region and by what method. Support efforts by the state, local agencies, water purveyors, and local groundwater governance bodies to align efforts to protect and manage water resources. Demonstrated water resource management and protection efforts that integrate the state’s, local governments’, and water purveyors’ policies. The District will coordinate with local entities to track water resource management and protection efforts that integrate the state’s, local governments’, and water purveyors’ policies.