Ventura River Watershed News – November 20, 2012
Technical Advisory Committees Meetings to Work on Watershed Management Plan Objectives Five different Technical Advisory Committees (TAC) will meet next week to work on development/refinement of objectives for our Ventura River Watershed Management Plan (WMP). This is obviously a very important part of our planning process, as the projects/programs and their priority build off of […]
Ventura River Watershed News – Oct. 23, 2012
Nov. 7 Watershed Council Meeting Cancelled; Goals/Objectives Subcommittee Meeting to Take its Place The November 7 meeting of the Watershed Council has been cancelled due to the need to dive into the work of developing a watershed management plan. Since the room is reserved and the meeting is on people’s calendar’s, I’ve repurposed the meeting […]
Water Conservation Conversations
by Cinnamon McIntosh, Water Conservation specialist, Casitas Municipal Water District I am a local water conservationist. A significant aspect of my job is dependant upon my ability to start and sustain conversations about water. If we can get everyone talking about where their water comes from, how they use it, and what they can do […]
A Look at Nutrient Concentrations in the Ventura River Watershed: 2008-2011
(1) The relatively pristine upper basin streams are in good condition; (2) San Antonio Creek is characterized by excessive nitrogen; (3) Locations below the WWTP exhibit excessive concentrations of both nitrogen and phosphorus, although nitrogen values are not as high here as those on San Antonio; (4) Nitrogen on the middle Ventura straddles the line […]
A Good Climate Change Workshop; Check out the Video
Last week’s climate change workshop in Ventura, put on by the Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County, was well attended by water and flood control and resource management types. At the start of the meeting the audience was asked to discuss what was on their minds with regard to climate change. Here’s some of what people had […]
Come to the Watershed Council’s First Evening Meeting, April 3
Next Tuesday, April 3, the Ventura River Watershed Council will hold the group’s first evening meeting. Evening meetings will be held twice a year to encourage participation by stakeholders unable to attend daytime meetings. Members of the public are welcome to attend this, and any of the Council’s meetings. At the meeting we’ll hear from […]
How Low Does the Oxygen Go?
New report on Ventura River’s water quality released. Once a month during the algae season, Channelkeeper’s Stream Team volunteers can be found during the wee hours of the morning, before the sun comes up, grabbing dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements at various locations along the Ventura River. They are gathering these samples to help us understand […]
How Low Does the Oxygen Go?
How Low Does the Oxygen Go? New report on Ventura River’s water quality released Algae on Matilija Creek last weekend (3-3-12). Once a month during the algae season, Channelkeeper’s Stream Team volunteers can be found during the wee hours of the morning, before the sun comes up, grabbing dissolved oxygen (DO) measurements at various locations […]
Bike Path Watershed Mural
You can’t miss this masterpiece of a mural on the Ventura River Trail bike path. Look for it on a retaining wall just below Foster Park. The Ventura Hillsides Conservancy secured funding from the Sempra Energy Foundation for the mural, got artistic direction from local artist MB Hanrahan, and got the inspiration for the drawing […]
V1 Final Report!
The Ventura County Watershed Protection District has released their “Ventura River Watershed Protection Plan Report.” This report summarizes a number of grant funded projects (all grouped under the “V1” title) recently completed by the District, most related to hydrology modeling; the 272 page report also includes a considerable amount of background information about the watershed […]
Ventura River Watershed Council Meeting February 28
The next meeting of the Ventura River Watershed Council will be on February 28, from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m., in the Topping Room at the E.P. Foster Library in downtown Ventura. 651 E. Main Street. Members of the public are welcome. Click here for the draft agenda.
New Ventura River Watershed Eco-Rotary; Meeting February 16
A new Rotary group is forming in Ojai that will focus on environmental-service projects in the Ventura River watershed. (Think trash pick-up, educational signs, restoration help, etc.) The new group needs to have 25 members to fully charter the Rotary EcoClub, and they are looking for interested participants. The next meeting is this Thursday, February […]
Digesting our Manure Problem; Biodigester Meeting February 21
One of the biggest water quality concerns we have in the Ventura River watershed is eutrophication, which means we have a high level of nutrients, primarily nitrogen and phosphorus, in the water that stimulate the growth of algae and other plants. Excess algae is a problem for many reasons: it reduces the amount of dissolved […]
GIS Volunteer Needed
If you know how to use GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and would like to lend some time to help make maps for the Ventura River Watershed Management Plan, please get in touch with Lorraine Walter, watershed coordinator, at lorraine@ovlc.org or 805/649-6058 x4. Thanks!
Final Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan Released
The National Marine Fisheries Service released the final Southern California Steelhead Recovery Plan today, after 11 years. It’s up and linkable from their website, here.
Welcome to the New Ventura River Watershed Council Website!
We’re certainly not done, but it’s a good start for our new website! The calendar of events is working, complete with an automatic link to a Google location map; this is something that people have wanted in the watershed for some time. Please make sure to send in information on relevant meetings and events so […]