Watershed Report Cards (WRC) are increasingly being developed for watersheds as an emerging Best Practice in the field of Watershed Science and Management.  They are designed to provide a concise (typically a one-page summary) overview of the health of a watershed based on solid scientific data. The list the key indicators of a healthy watershed graded from A (healthy) to F (unhealthy) and where more work needs to be done to bring each indicator up to a grade of "A." They are thus easily digestible by the general public, as well as being able to be "drilled down" into the underlying data underpinning each key indicator's score for experts working in the environmental field to improve watershed health.  Our plan is to make our Report Card for the Carmel River available to the public and especially students through presentations and exhibits (Palo Corona Regional Park Discovery Center exhibit coming soon!). See below the most up-to-date WRC from 2022, accompanying presentations, and the original 2020 version.
View the StoryMap below to see how the Watershed Health Report Card came to be.
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As of May, 2023, the Carmel River Watershed received a grade of 65%: C
Read more below to see the breakdown of this score.

 Additional Resources informing the watershed health report card
​May 2023

Mapping Species of Concern with eDNA
Created by John Olson
Presented by Erika Garig
New Streamflow Indicators and Changes to River-Floodplain Connectivity Indicator
Presented by Erika Garig
Carmel River Watershed Health Report Card, Updated May 2023.
​Grade: 65%, C
Prepared for the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy by CSUMB graduate student Erika Garig and Dr. John Olson.
Carmel River Watershed Health Report Card StoryMap, updated August 2023.
What's the story behind the Watershed Health Report Car? What indicators are included? What will happen next?
Check out our StoryMap to find out more.
Carmel River Watershed Health Report Card, Updated 2022.
​Grade: 67%, C
With a new indicator for nutrients and pesticides, and updates to previous indicators.
Prepared for the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy by CSUMB graduate student Erika Garig and Dr. John Olson.
Carmel River Watershed Report Card, Version 2022.
Prepared for the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy by CSUMB graduate student Erika Garig and Dr. John Olson. Green highlights are new indicators or adjusted scoring; yellow highlights are indicators in progress
Click to watch a presentation on Invasive Species in the Carmel River, by Lauren Marshall and Alyssa Schaer
​Carmel River Watershed Report Card, Version 2020. Prepared for the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy by CSUMB master's candidate Mikaela Bogdan.
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