What are the components of a Watershed Strategy?
A well-stated, overarching goal aimed at protecting, preserving, and restoring habitat and water quality. At a minimum, habitat goals need to address streams, wetlands, and forest buffers. b) A comprehensive assessment of natural resources, i.e. a “characterization” of the watershed. Data on natural resources may include but is not limited to: wetlands, shorelines, streams (fish blockages, buffers, potential restoration sites), indicators (such as percent impervious cover and land use, development and population trends), soils, habitat, wildlife (rare or endangered), Green Infrastructure analysis, water supply, living resources (fish, water birds, forest interior dwelling species), water quality data, watershed level land use information (such as maps), water quality problems (pollution sources), permitted facilities (such as point sources), protected lands (such as Rural Legacy, POS, easements, parks, public lands), recreation and public access, mines, flood hazards, and/or TMDLs. DNR
