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The Watershed Project Inspiring watershed stewardship since 1997 Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director The Watershed Project's mission is to inspire Bay Area communities to understand, appreciate, and protect our local watersheds. How we work


  1. The Watershed Project Inspiring watershed stewardship since 1997 Juliana Gonzalez, Executive Director

  2. The Watershed Project's mission is to inspire Bay Area communities to understand, appreciate, and protect our local watersheds.

  3. How we work We develop community based solutions to the urban watersheds. • Protect waterways through green infrastructure, urban canopy and sustainable gardening; • Prevent pollution from entering the watershed through marine debris education, trash cleanups and inspiring behavioral change; • Engage students and youth in stewardship and hands- on science education; • Facilitate equitable and inclusive infrastructure planning and environmental justice projects; • Promote access to shoreline and headwater natural areas and walkable communities.

  4. Visualizing tools • GIS tools for planning and fundraising • Tracking and monitoring tools • Education and public engaging tools • Partnership and local agendas sharing tools

  5. Creating Resilient and Connected Watersheds in Richmond

  6. Richmond Watersheds 32 miles of shoreline

  7. GIS Planning Tool

  8. The Watershed Project’s Richmond Greenway Gardens and Swales Chanslor ¡Ave. ¡ 20 th ¡Street New ¡vegetated ¡swale ¡with ¡trees, ¡15 th ¡– ¡16 th ¡ Existing ¡Rain ¡Garden ¡ New ¡Bioswale, ¡18 th ¡– ¡19 th ¡St., ¡ at ¡17 th ¡Street. ¡ St. ¡ New ¡vegetated ¡swale ¡with ¡trees, ew ¡Rain ¡Garden ¡at ¡15 th ¡Street ¡to ¡ connect ¡to ¡existing ¡features. ¡ St. ¡ flitrate ¡and ¡clean ¡ ¡runoff. ¡ Existing ¡Rain ¡Garden ¡ Existing ¡Bioswal at ¡19 th ¡Street ¡ 20 th ¡– ¡21 st ¡Stre Ohio ¡Ave. ¡

  9. Multi Benefit Approach Need for Parks/active transportation/tree canopy/local flooding

  10. Planning Info at Parcel level

  11. Tracking and Monitoring Urban Tree Canopy Open ¡Tree ¡map; ¡Crowd ¡Sourcing ¡

  12. Community Volunteers Track and Steward

  13. Youth employment Education and public engaging tools Green ¡Collar ¡fellows ¡and ¡H.S. ¡interns

  14. Priority Projects San ¡Pablo ¡Wildcat ¡Watershed ¡Council.. ¡http://www.wcspcouncil.org/map/

  15. Map of TWP restoration sites 2007-2018 Nearly all 36 projects are in Richmond and West Contra Costa County Vulnerability, Equity and Inclusion lenses for site selection

  16. • High tech to low tech options • Education value • Synthesis • Monitoring/reporting • Youth training Thanks juliana@thewatershedproject.org

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