Jan 2, 2013

Watching_Our_Watersheds_webpage.jpgThe Santa Clara Valley Water District's Watching Our Watersheds (WOW) project has adapted Historical Ecology data into Google Earth (KMZ) format. The watershed maps were prepared by Fugro Consultants, Inc. with SFEI, the Oakland Museum of California, CLEAN South Bay, and many other collaborators and colleagues. Historical points of interest, as well as past distributions of habitats were provided by SFEI.

Adapted versions of SFEI's mapping and of the Santa Clara Valley are available for download:

Interactive maps for present-day streams, watersheds, and points of interest are also available for download at the WOW project website. Taken together, the Past and Present interactive maps can be used to visualize landscape change in the South Bay and Santa Clara Valley.

GIS data from the following historical ecology studies were adapted to produce the Google Earth KMZ files depicting the historical landscape:

Programs and Focus Areas: 
Resilient Landscapes Program