Links for Creek and Watershed Information

San Luis Obispo Creek Watershed

City of SLO flood preparedness brochures
http://www.getreadyslo.com/

SLO Waterway Management Plan – SLO Creek Watershed (31.1 MB Adobe Acrobat file)
http://www.slocity.org/publicworks/documents.asp
- scroll down to "Creek and Storm" and select document (entire plan is 31 MB, but can be downloaded in smaller parts.)

SLO County
http://www.slocountywater.org/
This website provides links to real-time stream gage data, as well as water-related activities and documents

SLO Creek Watershed Enhancement Plan (by The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo, 2002)
http://www.special-places.org/ecm/Conservation_Planning/SLO_Creek_Watershed_Enhancement_Plan.html

Fisheries and Creek Groups

CalFish
http://www.calfish.org/DesktopDefault.aspx

Central Coast Salmon Enhancement
http://centralcoastsalmon.com

Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County website describing its projects on San Luis Creek
http://www.special-places.org/ecm/Restoration/SLO_Creek.html

NOAA Fisheries
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/

TriCounty Fish Team
http://www.tcft.org/index.html

 

Good stream and watershed links from other areas in California

Napa County Fact Sheet for Landowners
http://www.napaflooddistrict.org/Flood.asp?LID=561 and click on “Fact sheet on creek maintenance April 2006

Santa Clara Valley Water District “Watersheds, Streams and Floods” webpage
http://www.valleywater.org/Water/Watersheds_-_streams_and_floods/index.shtm

General Watershed Information

Environmental Protection Agency Watershed Links:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/links.html

California Watershed Portal
http://cwp.resources.ca.gov/index.html

National Watershed Coalition
http://www.watershedcoalition.org/aboutus.html

Information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

FEMA flood insurance
http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/

FEMA “Before a flood”
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_before.shtm

FEMA “During a flood” – what to do
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_during.shtm