Issues

• Issues Overview
• The Mercury Problem
• Invasive Plants
• Rural Residential Development
• Contents & Introduction
• Contents
• 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