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Chapter 1 Table of Contents & Executive Summary Table of Contents Executive Summary ...............................................................................................................................3 Figure A Process Flowchart ..........................................................................................................7 Introduction to Watershed Characterization ........................................................................................10 The Study Area ....................................................................................................................................15 Potential Restoration Opportunities .....................................................................................................16 Conditions of Natural Resources in the Study Area ............................................................................20 Figure 1 Totten and Eld Inlets Study Area .................................................................................29 Figure 2 Totten and Eld Inlets Study Area Drainage Analysis Units ........................................30 Figure 3 Totten and Eld Inlets Study Area Sub-watersheds ......................................................31 Figure 4 Totten and Eld Inlets Study Area Land Cover .............................................................32 Figure 5 Totten and Eld Inlets Study Area Landscape Indicators ..............................................33 Kennedy Creek Sub-Watershed ...........................................................................................................35 Figure 6 Kennedy Creek Sub-Watershed Land Cover ...............................................................39 Figure 7 Kennedy Creek Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ..................................................40 Figure 8 Kennedy Creek Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ..........................................................41 Figure 9 Kennedy Creek Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring .....................42 Figure 10 Kennedy Creek Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites .............................................................43 North Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed ...............................................................................................44 Figure 11 North Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Land Cover ...................................................48 Figure 12 North Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ......................................49 Figure 13 North Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ..............................................50 Figure 14 North Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring .........51 Figure 15 North Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites .................................................52 South Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed ...............................................................................................53 Figure 16 South Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Land Cover ...................................................57 Figure 17 South Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ......................................58 Figure 18 South Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ..............................................59 Figure 19 South Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring .........60 Figure 20 South Schneider Creek Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites .................................................61 East Totten Inlet Sub-Watershed .........................................................................................................62 Figure 21 East Totten Inlet Sub-Watershed Land Cover .............................................................66 Figure 22 East Totten Inlet Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ................................................67 Figure 23 East Totten Inlet Sub-Watershed Resource Sites .........................................................68 Figure 24 East Totten Inlet Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring ...................69 Figure 25 East Totten Inlet Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites ...........................................................70 i Summit Lake Sub-Watershed ..............................................................................................................71 Figure 26 Summit Lake Sub-Watershed Land Cover ..................................................................75 Figure 27 Summit Lake Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes .....................................................76 Figure 28 Summit Lake Sub-Watershed Resource Sites..............................................................77 Figure 29 Summit Lake Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring ........................78 Figure 30 Summit Lake Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites ................................................................79 McLane Creek Sub-Watershed ............................................................................................................80 Figure 31 McLane Creek Sub-Watershed Land Cover ................................................................84 Figure 32 McLane Creek Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ...................................................85 Figure 33 McLane Creek Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ...........................................................86 Figure 34 McLane Creek Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring ......................87 Figure 35 McLane Creek Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites ..............................................................88 West Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed .............................................................................................................89 Figure 36 West Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Land Cover .................................................................93 Figure 37 West Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ....................................................94 Figure 38 West Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ............................................................95 Figure 39 West Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring .......................96 Figure 40 West Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites...............................................................97 South Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed ............................................................................................................98 Figure 41 South Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Land Cover ..............................................................102 Figure 42 South Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes .................................................103 Figure 43 South Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Resource Sites .........................................................104 Figure 44 South Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring ....................105 Figure 45 South Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites ...........................................................106 North Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed ..........................................................................................................107 Figure 46 North Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Land Cover ..............................................................111 Figure 47 North Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes .................................................112 Figure 48 North Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Resource Sites .........................................................113 Figure 49 North Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring ....................114 Figure 50 North Eld Inlet Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites ...........................................................115 Perry Creek Sub-Watershed ...............................................................................................................116 Figure 51 Perry Creek Sub-Watershed Land Cover ...................................................................120 Figure 52 Perry Creek Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes......................................................121 Figure 53 Perry Creek Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ..............................................................122 Figure 54 Perry Creek Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring.........................123 Figure 55 Perry Creek Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites ................................................................124 ii Green Cove Creek Sub-Watershed ....................................................................................................125 Figure 56 Green Cove Creek Sub-Watershed Land Cover ........................................................129 Figure 57 Green Cove Creek Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ...........................................130 Figure 58 Green Cove Creek Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ...................................................131 Figure 59 Green Cove Creek Sub-Watershed Ecological Processes and Site Scoring ..............132 Figure 60 Green Cove Creek Sub-Watershed Retrofit Sites ......................................................133 Mud Bay Sub-Watershed ...................................................................................................................134 Figure 61 Mud Bay Sub-Watershed Land Cover .......................................................................138 Figure 62 Mud Bay Sub-Watershed Weighted Processes ..........................................................139 Figure 63 Mud Bay Sub-Watershed Resource Sites ..................................................................140 Figure 64 Mud Bay Sub-Watershed Ecological
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