The Watershed Management emphasis is designed to give students the knowledge and skills related to the protection, restoration, and functions of watersheds.  Students participate in aquatic assessments of tributaries, rivers, surface water, groundwater, and wetlands.  Students learn to understand that stakeholders within a watershed can work together to ensure healthy watershed conditions.  Studies focus on the ecosystem approach to watershed management and cooperation with other watershed users.

Students will receive firsthand experience in the restoration of riparian corridors and appreciate the biologic and economic need for restoring and maintaining watershed health in California.  Watershed Technicians assist in data collection, flora and fauna inventory, and watershed restoration projects, including compiling technical data in computer database systems.  They may also develop watershed plans, conduct watershed workshops, or work as biological technicians.

The work of a Watershed Management Technician supports and complements that of the professional Watershed Manager.

 

• Environmental Conservation: Watershed Management Major
• Environmental Conservation: Watershed Management Career Certificate
• Watershed Management Achievement Certificate