Where the Water and Land Meet:

watershed management in the face of climate change

Mike SwezyWatershed Resources ManagerMarin Municipal Water District

A word from my sponsor• Local government with elected board members, serving

most of Marin• 186,000 people in service area• Over 61,000 service connections• 7 reservoirs• Average annual water use 28,000 acre feet (a.f.)• Total storage 80,000 a.f./7,400 a.f. imported from Russian

River annually• Manages almost 22,000 acres of watershed lands• Annual visitation on MMWD lands on Mt. Tamalpais = 1.8

million• Manages 150+ miles of recreational trails on Mt. Tam• Manages about 100 miles of transmission line roads.• Active in monitoring and management of stream systems

in Marin

Marin Parks and Water History

How has the drought changed the way you steward and manage

land?

Resilient Forest Project

MMWDUC Davis

US Forest ServiceOne Tam

Point Blue

Redwood and Douglas-fir forests

What specific efforts are you undertaking to

protect wildlife habitat within your watersheds?

Lagunitas Creek Watershed

Coho & Steelhead

109 sq. mi. watershed

52 miles accessible to salmonids; 50% of historic

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Olema Creek

Cheda and Nicasio Creeks

Devil's Gulch

San Geronimo Tributaries

San Geronimo Creek

Lagunitas Creek

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NOAA Recovery Target

Note: The NOAA recovery target is 2,600 adults by the year 2120, or 1,300 redds assuming two fish per redd.Predicted coho redd counts are based on smolt estimates and apparent marine survival rates.

McIsaac Upper Bar Apex & Log Jam Site

How can land conservation organizations and agencieswork with water agencies?

The Tamalpais Lands Collaborative

(TLC) O N E M O U N TA I N O N E V I S I O N

Built brand not tied back to one partner

Community initiative of TLC Renew spirit of philanthropy

& stewardship Raise awareness and build

support Engage larger community &

increase volunteerism seamlessly across Mt. Tam

ONE TAM THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF STEWARDSHIP

What water districts bring….

More dramaUnique linkage to the surrounding

communityResilient park lands and communities?