San Luis Obispo Creek and Nearby Watersheds
City of SLO flood preparedness brochures
http://www.getreadyslo.com/
SLO Waterway Management Plan – SLO Creek Watershed (31.1 MB Adobe Acrobat file)
http://www.slocity.org/publicworks/documents.asp
- scroll down to "Creek and Storm" and select document (entire plan is 31 MB, but can be downloaded in smaller parts.)
SLO County
http://www.slocountywater.org/
This website provides links to real-time stream gage data, as well as water-related activities and documents
http://www.slocountywater.org/weather/alert/stream/madonna.htm
Live stream flow gauge in San Luis Obispo Creek at Madonna Road
SLO Creek Watershed Enhancement Plan (by The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo, 2002)
The Creek Care Guide A useful reference for landowners prepared by the City of Arroyo Grande
http://www.arroyogrande.org/document-center/natural-resources/water/creek-care-guide.pdf
Fisheries and Creek Groups
CalFish
http://www.calfish.org/DesktopDefault.aspx
Central Coast Salmon Enhancement
http://centralcoastsalmon.com
Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County website describing its projects on San Luis Creek
http://www.special-places.org/ecm/Restoration/SLO_Creek.html
NOAA Fisheries
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
TriCounty Fish Team
http://www.tcft.org/index.html
Good stream and watershed links from other areas in California
Napa County Fact Sheet for Landowners
http://www.napaflooddistrict.org/Flood.asp?LID=561 and click on “Fact sheet on creek maintenance April 2006”
Santa Clara Valley Water District “Watersheds, Streams and Floods” webpage
http://www.valleywater.org/Water/Watersheds_-_streams_and_floods/index.shtm
General Watershed Information
Environmental Protection Agency Watershed Links:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/links.html
California Watershed Portal
http://cwp.resources.ca.gov/index.html
National Watershed Coalition
http://www.watershedcoalition.org/aboutus.html
Information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA flood insurance
http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/
FEMA “Before a flood”
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_before.shtm
FEMA “During a flood” – what to do
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/fl_during.shtm
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