Natural Setting

Inlcudes indepth descriptions of the geology and climate of the valley. It also includes a discussion of vegetation and wildlife interests. A high resolution map of soil type is available for download.

Population and Political Boundaries

Includes a map and description of the valley location along with population size and projected growth.

Land Management

Includes a description of land managed by US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, CA Department of Fish and Game and US Fish and Widlife Service. Also includes a map of land ownership inlcuding private land.

Land Use

Includes a description of historic and current agriculture and ranching, rural residential development, mining and petroleum operations, and renewable energy development. There are many high resolution maps available for download.

Hydrology and Water Use

Includes an analysis of current water use, decline of the groundwater levels and to the best of our knowledge, the most up to date groundwater buget for the basin. There are also maps and images available for download.

Habitat Connectivity

Includes an analysis of the habitat connectivity in the valley as evaluated for the Two-striped gartersnake, Blunt-nosed leopard lizard, San Joaquin kit fox, and Pronghorn Antelope. Connectivity maps from Circuitscape analysis are available for download.

Historic River Habitat

Includes a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the change in riparian woody vegetation and channel width using aerial photography.