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Introduction
Current Uses, Plans, and Forecasts
Model Projections and Scenarios
Background Primer on Rural Residential Development
Adaption: Best Management Practices
Pesticides
Sacramento River Watershed Coalition
Contents
Contents & Introduction
Contents
Introduction
Current Uses, Plans, and Forecasts
Current Watershed Agricultural Use—Grazing
Present Status of Urban Development
Current Watershed General Plans
Population Trends and Forecasts
Model Projections and Scenarios
Overview: Scenarios for 2050 using UPlan Model
Base Case Scenario
Limiting Factors for Disaster Risk: Flood and Fire
Limiting Factors for Resources: Groundwater
Population Explosion
Maximum Pressure
Overview: Case Studies Using Uplan SWIM Layers
Sacramento Valley
Sierra Foothill
Background Primer on Rural Residential Development
Overview: Rural Sprawl/Exurban Development
History of Sprawl
Costs of Sprawl
Urban Smart Growth vs. Exurban Sprawl
Rural Sprawl Momentum and the Demise of Grazing — Is It Inevitable?
Lack of Services
Adaption: Best Management Practices
Overview: Adapting to Rural Sprawl with Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Land Use BMPs: Government Processes
Land Use BMPs: Nonprofit Projects
Watershed-wide Ecosystem Planning: Regional HCP and NCCP
BMPs for Rural Residents
SRWP Roadmap: Next Steps