regional monitoring: greater than the sum of its parts

regional monitoring: greater than the sum of its parts

REGIONAL MONITORING:
GREATER THAN THE SUM
OF ITS PARTS
Jo Wilhelm & Deb Lester, King County
Leska Fore, Statistical Design
Gretchen Hayslip, EPA Region 10
Karen Adams, WA Dept. of Ecology
Society for Freshwater Science, May 20th, 2013
Puget Sound: 3,000 miles NW
Puget Sound Stream Monitoring
Adopt-A-Stream
Bainbridge Island
Bellevue
Bellingham
Everett
Federal Way
Issaquah
Kirkland
Lake Forest Park
Redmond
Seattle
Clallam County
King County - DNRP
King County - Roads
Kitsap County
Pierce County
Skokomish Tribal Nation
Snohomish County
Thurston County
Ecology
Life Before Collaboration
Correlation with B-IBI
Disturbance measure Correlation
PCA Factor 1
0.68
% Urban (WS)
-0.68
% Urban (1km WS)
-0.67
Rd Density (WS)
-0.66
% Forest (WS)
0.65
Population (WS)
-0.64
% Urban (1km)
-0.61
% Urban (1km buff)
-0.57
Rd Crossings (WS)
-0.61
Population (1km)
-0.59
Rd Density (1km)
-0.59
Rd Crossings (1km)
-0.46
PCA
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Primary Driver: Urbanization
50
R = - 0.68
B-IBI
40
30
20
10
0
20
40
60
80
% Urban Area (Watershed)
100
Collection Area
100
3 sq ft
8 sq ft
B-IBI
80
60
40
20
0
0
0-20
20-40
40-60
60-80
% Urban Area (Watershed)
80-100
B-IBI Score: 3 vs. 8 sq ft
50
45
8 sq ft
40
35
30
25
20
15
R² = 0.7273
10
10
15
20
25
30
3 sq ft
35
40
45
50
Elevation (m)
100
80
0-25
B-IBI
25-50
60
50-75
75-100
40
x 100-200
>200
20
0
0
20
40
60
80
% Urban Area (Watershed)
100
Watershed Area (hectares)
100
80
B-IBI
0-250
60
250-500
500-1000
40
1000-2500
x
20
2500-5000
> 5000
0
0
20
40
60
80
% Urban Area (Watershed)
100
B-IBI Applicability
• Puget Sound Partnership
• Dashboard Indicator
• Action Agenda Targets
• WA Dept. of Ecology
• NPDES Stormwater Permit
• WQ Assessment – 303(d)
• Local Decision Making
• Project prioritization
• Basin planning
Acknowledgements
Federal
EPA
NOAA
USFWS
USGS
City
Bellevue
Bellingham
Bothell
Everett
Issaquah
Tribal
Kirkland
Port Gamble Skallam Redmond
Snoqualmie Nation
Seattle
Stillaguamish
Tukwila
Upper Skagit Indian
Private
State
Aquatic Biology Associates
WA Ecology
Aquatic Entomology
PS Partnership
Rhithron Associates, Inc.
Statistical Design
County
Clallam
King
Kitsap
Pierce
Snohomish
Thurston
Academic
University of Washington
Non-profit
Pierce Stream Team
Lake Forest Park Streamkeepers
A Project Funded by a US EPA Scientific Studies and
Technical Investigation Assistance Program Grant
Questions?
jo.wilhelm@kingcounty.gov
www.pugetsoundstreambenthos.org