CALIFORNIA POLLUTED RUNOFF REDUCTION
or
NONPOINT SOURCE (NPS) SUCCESS STORIES !

• North Coast Region: 
  • Water Quality Vineyard Program to Protect Salmon Fisheries on California’s North Coast
  • Sediment Reduction from Vineyards in the Russian and Navarro River Watersheds
  • Upper Redwood Creek Watershed Improvement Project
  • Small Dams Removed from Shasta River to Improve Water Quality Conditions for Salmon
  • Mattole River and Range Partnership Implementation Reduces Sediment in the Upper Mattole Watershed
    
    
• San Francisco Bay Region:  
  • California’s Lagunitas Creek Watershed – Salmon Protection and Watershed Network – Green Gardens Help Protect Endangered Fish in the San Geronimo Creek Watershed
  • Road and Trail Improvements Reduce Sediment Pollution in Salmonid Streams
    
    
• Central Coast Region: 
  • Rural Roads Erosion Control Assistance in Santa Cruz County, California
  • Preventing Pollution from Livestock in Coastal Watersheds
    
    
• Central Valley Region: 
  • Sustainable Cotton Project – Implementing Management Practices to Reduce Pesticide and Fertilizer Use on Cotton Crops in the Upper San Joaquin Valley
  • Erosion Control Project Repairs Damage from Off Road Vehicle Use In the Secret Ravine Watershed
    
    
• Lahontan Region: 
  • Recovery of Stream Habitats at Managed Grazing Sites in the West Walker River Watershed, Mono County
    
    
• Colorado River Basin Region: 
  • Water Quality Control Board Success Story:  Irrigation Strategies for Erosion Reduction in the Salton Sea Watershed
  • Agricultural Management Practices Reduce Phosphorus in the Salton Sea Watershed
    
    
• Santa Ana Region:  
  • Reduction of Nuisance Aquatic Plants in Big Bear Lake
  • Stream Restoration Efforts Reduces Impacts Of Urbanization
    
    
• San Diego Region:  
  • Eradication of Destructive, Invasive, Non-native Seaweed Announced
  • Restoration of a Reach of the San Diego River within the Unincorporated Community of Lakeside, San Diego County, California

( updated 3/19/08 )