Minimize runoff through: Low Impact Development (LID), forest and vegetation management, floodplain management; and reestablishment of natural surface water off-stream retention ponds and storage areas. Retention ponds could be used for storing water for agriculture while also restoring important waterfowl habitat and increasing groundwater recharge.

Tribe: North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Council

View Source Document: Climate Change Preparedness Plan for the North Olympic Peninsula

Year: 2015

Topic: Manage/enhance upstream watersheds (view all topics in the plan)

Region: Northwest

Timeframe: Medium term (3-10 years)

Climate Hazards

Changing Water Flows
Flooding
Shifting Species, Habitats, and Ecosystems

Assets

Agriculture / Food Supply
Natural Resources - Aquatic (marine, freshwater)
Natural Resources - Terrestrial (forests, woodlands, grasslands, shrub steppe, alpine, tundra, etc.)

Types

Planning & Management