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Coordinating Resource Mgmt

 

Lake County Coordinating Resource Management

Lake County's communities and wildlife are heavily dependent upon and centered around our lakes, creeks and groundwater sources. The Lake County Coordinating Resource Management Committee was formed in 1990 to develop a consensus-based partnership approach for the community to manage and restore its valuable natural resources and watersheds.

The Committee's purpose is to maintain and enhance the ecosystem and economy of Lake County. The RMC and its issue-based subcommittees draw people together from each of Lake County's watersheds, namely Clear Lake, Cache Creek, Putah Creek and Lake Pillsbury-Eel River. We are also interacting with a downstream Cache Creek Watershed Forum which considers watershed issues in the lower reaches of Cache Creek all the way to the Sacramento River.          

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEES

  •    Clear Lake Advisory Committee
  •    Land and Water Resources Subcommittee
  •    Database and Information Outreach Subcommittee
  •    BioResources Subcommittee
  •    Lake County  Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee
  •    Upper Putah Creek Stewardship
  •    Middle Creek CRMP (Creek Resource Management Plan)
  •    Schindler Creek/High Valley CRMP
  •    Scotts Creek CRMP
  •    Kelsey Creek CRMP
  •    Cache Creek CRMP
  •    Lake Pillsbury CRMP

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PARTNERS

  • County of Lake ( Air Quality, Vector Control, Special Districts, Agriculture Department, Environmental Health, Community Development, Public Works and Board of Supervisors)
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • United States Forest Service
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • State Water Resources Control Board
  • Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • Corps of Engineers
  • Dept. of Fish and Game
  • State Reclamation Board
  • State Dept. of Food & Agriculture
  • Local Tribes
  • Local Land Owners
  • City of Lakeport
  • City of Clearlake
  • Dept. of Water Resources
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • East Lake Resource Conservation District
  • West Lake Resource Conservation District
  • U.C. Cooperative Extension
  • State Lands Commission
  • State Boating and Waterways
  • Lake County Marketing Program
  • Lake County Business Outreach & Response Team

 

CONCERNS

1. A healthy, sustainable economy is necessary for the residents, businesses, visitors, and the vitality of the basin and requires a balanced, ecosystem approach.

2. Planning, land management, and resource management agencies do not effectively coordinate their efforts.

3. Research and monitoring are not effectively coordinated to deliver sound technical information for planning and policy development purposes.

4. High nutrient and blue-green algal concentrations inhibit some of the beneficial uses of Clear Lake, principally water supply, recreation, and aesthetics.

5. Mercury levels, especially in the Oaks Arm, restricts consumption of fish and may endanger the fish and wildlife (terrestrial and aquatic organisms) of the Clear Lake ecosystem.

6. Soil erosion in the watershed and the subsequent sedimentation in Clear Lake:    
   a. Consumes valuable property
   b. Reduces the volume of groundwater available due to creekbed degradation
   c. Causes navigation hazards
   d. Contributes to the nutrient surplus and the introduction of other pollutants 
 

7. Surface water and groundwater in the basin is limited, with desired use exceeding supply in  
  certain areas and/or in dry years.

8. Water quality may be adversely affected by human activities and natural processes.

9. Fish and wildlife resources are being reduced and/or altered.

10. Nuisance levels of insects, including mosquitos, gnats and midges, sometimes detract from beneficial uses in the basin.

OBJECTIVES

1. Improve coordination of research, planning, land management, and resource management by private, local, state, and federal agencies by sharing information, data collection, research, policy development, and other activities.

2. Through a coordinated effort, the Committee will develop a comprehensive, technically sound recommendations for orderly and quality development, environmental protection, and wise use of the Clear Lake Basin. The recommendations will address identification and solution of problems concerning the Clear Lake Basin, balancing the environmental concerns, private property rights and the customs and culture of the County. In alphabetical order, these potential problems include, but are not limited to:

a. Aquatic vegetation control
b. Economic sustainability and development
c. Education and public involvement
d. Fire control
e. Fisheries management
f. Flooding
g. Insect control
h. Intensity and frequency of nuisance algal blooms
i. Lake level fluctuations
j. Lakeside/riparian/wetland management
k. Land Use
    1) Agriculture
    2) Forestry/brushland/rangeland
    3) Mining/geothermal
    4) Recreation
    5) Terrain alteration
        a) Buildings
        b) General grading 
        c) Roads
l. Mercury levels in the food chain
m. Sedimentation and delta formation
n. Soil erosion
o. Waste disposal
    1) Air pollution
    2) Hazardous waste 
    3) Liquid waste
    4) Solid waste
p. Water quality
q. Water supply
    1) Agricultural
    2) Domestic
    3) Industrial
    4) Public
r. Water yield fluctuations
s. Wildlife management

 

For More Information on These Committees Contact:

Water Resources at 263-2344, or Greg Dills, Watershed Coordinator, 263-4180