California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup

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Background

The California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup's mission is to improve the monitoring and assessment of wetland and riparian resources by developing a comprehensive wetland monitoring plan for California and increasing coordination and cooperation among local, state, and federal agencies, tribes, and non-governmental organizations. The workgroup will review technical and policy aspects of wetland monitoring tool development, implementation and use of data to improve wetland management in California.

• Workgroup Charter (updated July 2010)
• Workgroup Roles and Responsibilities (updated July 2010)

Membership

Co-Chair

• Craig Wilson
  California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• David Castanon
  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District
• Eric Stein
  Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

Participating State Agencies

• California Coastal Commission
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• California Department of Parks and Recreation
• California Department of Water Resources
• California Resources Agency
• California State Lands Commission
• Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
• San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
• San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
• State Water Resources Control Board

Participating Fedral Agencies

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Other Participating Agencies

• Humboldt Bay Harbor District
• Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
• San Francisco Estuary Institute
• Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
• UC Merced

Meetings

2012

• Next Meeting: August 14, 2012
• May 15, 2012
  • Agenda
• February 14, 2012
• Agenda  »»  Minutes

2011

Note: Beginning in 2011, CWMW meetings became quarterly.

• November 15, 2011
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• August 16, 2011
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
  • Status and Trends Report Update
  • Wetand Technical Tools Presentation
• May 17, 2011
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
  • Wetland Tracker and e-CRAM Development
• February 15, 2011
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
  • DRAFT California Strategic Plan for Wetlands and Riparian Protection and Restoration

2010

• November 16, 2010
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• September 16, 2010
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• July 15, 2010
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• May 18, 2010
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• March 9, 2010
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• January 14, 2010
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
  • Draft Criteria for Selecting or Developing a Classification System for California Wetlands
  • Procedure to Select or Develop a Classification System for California Wetlands
  • Draft Tenets of a State Wetland and Riparian Area Monitoring Program (WRAMP)
  • Draft Challenges and Solutions for Managing Wetland Data in California
  • Level 2 Committee Report
  • Mitigation Ratios and Performance Standards Effort, presentation by Dan Swenson and Cori Farrar
  • National Aquatic Resource Surveys: Wetlands, presentation by Paul Jones and Terry Fleming

2009

• October 13, 2009
  • Agenda  »»  Draft Minutes
  • Monitoring Program Priorities, presentation by Eric Stein
• July 30, 2009
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
  • Wetland Monitoring Strategy, presentation by Josh Collins
  • Wetland Classification, presentation by Chad Roberts
  • Review of CRAM Implementation Technical Bulletin, presentation by Eric Stein
  • Draft Wetland Ecosystem Health Web Portal Content, mock-up by Martha Sutula
• May 18, 2009
  • Agenda
• March 12, 2009
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• January 13, 2009
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes

2008

• November 10, 2008
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• October 15, 2008
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• August 25, 2008
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes
• July 17, 2008
  • Agenda  »»  Minutes

Products

• 5-Year Coordinated Work Plan for Wetlands Conservation Program Development: developed by staff of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Water Resources Control Board to carry out each agency’s directives regarding wetland conservation program development in accordance with their respective agency’s guidance and policies.
• Tenets of a State Wetland and Riparian Area Monitoring Program (April 2010)
• Technical Bulletin: Using CRAM (California Rapid Assessment Method) to Assess Wetland Projects as an Element of Regulatory and Management Programs, October 13, 2009
• Technical Bulletin: California’s Wetland Demonstration Program Pilot - A Final Draft Project Report for Review by the California Resources Agency. SCCWRP Technical Report 572, December 2008
• Technical Bulletin Update: A Brief Update on California’s Wetland Demonstration Program Pilot, January 2010.

More Information

• For additional information on the California Wetland Monitoring Workgroup, please email Craig J. Wilson or phone (916) 445-1739.
  
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