Process
Sub-basin EvaluationWATERSHED FRAMEWORK CONCEPT
Stakeholders need to endorse a specific watershed planning process. This framework approach recognizes the various scales at which comprehensive watershed planning needs to succeed. |
This Watershed planning approach can be applied to entire watersheds, sub-basins or isolated sites with the framework. The approach recognizes that the condition of natural resources and land use influence the structure and function of the ecological planning unit, the watershed. Examples of these influences are bedrock and surficial geology, ground and surface water system, soil characteristics, vegetative communities, land use type and intensity, and existing infrastructure such as roads and utilities. Of greatest importance in understanding the natural structure of the watershed is the relationship of the geologic, hydrologic and soil characteristics, the fluvial-geomorphology. |
Process
Sub-basin Evaluation