Carmel River Watershed Conservancy

Check out our Virtual Watershed Tours on our website at https://www.carmelriverwatershed.org/watershed-education.ht. We will be populating our site with more virtual tours and activities...so stay tuned....

Interesting research done by UCSC that could be valuable to do in the Carmel River watershed and add to our watershed health report card. It looks at ecosystem recovery following wildfire and immediate impacts of the first flush on burn areas in terms of sedimentation, water quality, etc. https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/11/watershed-wildfire.html

The pelicans have been enjoying both Carmel River and Monastery beaches...

The pelicans have certainly been enjoying their sea harvest-both at Carmel River and Monastery beaches lately...

Today is national pharmaceutical take-back day! So don't forget to protect our watershed and responsibly and anonymously dispose of your unused sharps and pharmaceuticals in one of the many public drop-off locations in our area. A link to the map is below. CRWC initiated the setup of three of these sites and is actively working on a fourth in Carmel Valley! https://www.dontrushtoflush.org/

This is also something CRWC plans to study in the next iteration of its watershed health report card! https://www.vaildaily.com//eagle-river-watershed-council-/

https://www.latimes.com//conservationists-want-to-build-a-

It looks like our watershed will receive a better grade than this area's report card! Stay tuned for the release of our new Carmel River Watershed Report Card this year! https://www.greatlakesnow.org//western-lake-erie-mediocre/

We are preparing virtual watershed tours and a story map at different sites along the Carmel River watershed...stay tuned!

Our CRWC Board member Jen Hunter is Executive Director of the UC Hastings Research Reserve in Carmel Valley that just barely survived the recent wildfires!

A quick video of the Carmel Fire from CalFire if you haven't seen it. Our photos from yesterday show the burn area near where the fire began on the Cachagua Road grade and near Sky Ranch. https://go.discovery.com//cal/full-episodes/carmel-burning

It was incredible to see the burn areas from the Carmel and River fires yesterday, in the company of our President Lorin Letendre and Jen Hunter, who is a board member and director of the Hastings Natural History Reservation. Luckily all Hastings buildings were spared thanks to CalFire and fire lines cut by Hastings and nearby property owners. This tour inspired us to continue our work on fire prevention efforts, such as staying active with the Carmel Valley Fuel Breaks task force and adding a fire regime indicator to our watershed health report card. The report card will also being looking at environmental and species impacts from local wildfires. These efforts need our support now more than ever!

Happy World Rivers Day! Let’s continue to take good care of all of our rivers, which are the source of freshwater and life.

The pelicans at sunset don’t even realize how beautiful they are...The tide was high and connected to the lagoon, providing a little cooler water for the fish...

The fish were dancing at twilight...there is still beauty in the world. May we continue to protect it: the land, the water, and its inhabitants.