TYB
Watershed Analysis Tool for
Environmental Resources:
GIS Technology in the New Millennium
Joshua H. Viers, Renée V. Hoyos, James C. Mullins,
Eric Lehmer,
Michael S. Byrne, Michael C. McCoy, and James F.
Quinn
Information Center for the Environment
Department of Environmental Science and Policy
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California, USA 95616
Abstract
The Information Center for the Environment (ICE), UC Davis, is currently developing a
decision support system to facilitate watershed analyses by state resource agencies in
California. ICE is using the latest in ESRI GIS to provide resource managers critical
environmental data, including a desktop application with embedded GIS to facilitate
watershed analysis. This tool incorporates readily available GIS data such as biotic
occurrences and distributions, hydrography and geomorphology. Other relevant data are
task specific, such as staff reports, water quality matrices, and site location photographs.
The approach used is adaptable to assessing a broad array of conservation priorities in
natural resource management.
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