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Members of the Project Leadership team visit West Plum Creek
(Alba Watershed Consulting, Fall 2021)
Stream management plans (SMP) are data-driven assessments of river health that help communities prioritize how to protect or enhance environmental assets in their watershed. A well-developed SMP uses data on biology, flow, streambank vegetation and erosion, and other data to assess the physical conditions that are needed to support a sustainable ecosystem. After assessment of the habitat, actions to maintain or improve creek conditions are recommended.
SMPs are not regulatory, and participation is not required; therefore, community support is critical. SMPs are meant to be collaborative efforts; thus, goals in these plans are informed by community concerns and priorities.
The West Plum Creek SMP is an open, collaborative process: participation in the SMP is voluntary, and all recommendations will be made using landowner and local stakeholder input. The effort is about finding common ground by identifying strategies that provide multiple benefits for both people and the creek.
The objective of the SMP is to understand landowner and water user needs and identify collaborative opportunities to protect or enhance stream and riparian resources.
Stream flow monitoring on West Plum Creek
(Alba Watershed Consulting, Fall 2021)
Our team wants every step of the project to be transparent for the landowner and has created a more detailed description of the West Plum Creek SMP and Project Leadership objectives. Read about Phase II below and Phase I here.
West Plum Creek SMP Infosheet - Phase II update.pdfFor more information about the planning and application of a SMP visit:
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