Where Land and Water Meet - Mike Swezy from Marin Municipal Water District
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Where the Water and Land Meet: watershed management in the face of climate change Mike Swezy Watershed Resources Manager Marin Municipal Water District
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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
Coho Trends – Lagunitas Creek
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Olema Creek
Cheda and Nicasio Creeks
Devil's Gulch
San Geronimo Tributaries
San Geronimo Creek
Lagunitas Creek
Mean
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?
