Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2002OR1B

Development of a monitoring network and web-based database for effective watershed management in the Oak Creek Basin

Institute: Oregon
Year Established: 2002 Start Date: 2002-02-15 End Date: 2003-02-15
Total Federal Funds: $20,209 Total Non-Federal Funds: $39,856

Principal Investigators: Jeffrey McDonnell, Jeffrey McDonnell

Project Summary: The Oak Creek watershed is the teaching, research and extension watershed for Oregon State University. The University manages about 40% of the basin for multiple uses including: forestry, agriculture, urban campus activities, and large parking lots. As in many watersheds around Oregon, the university and Corvallis communities have become increasingly concerned about the effective stewardship of the watershed and stream system. This project will establish an Advisory Board, monitoring plan, and web-based database for effective watershed management of the Oak Creek Basin. While some physical, chemical and biological data now exists for the watershed, it has not yet been synthesized and made available in a form useful for watershed management. This small project will help create the data and institutional infrastructure that will support better management and future research in the watershed.