To view and download the reports described below and many others, visit the Watershed Information Model.

The following reports are available at cost.  To order reports, fill out the order form, print the form and send with a check for the amount listed, plus shipping & handling to: 

Western Shasta Resource Conservation District

6270 Parallel Road • Anderson, CA 96007

Strategic Fuels Plan for the Lower Clear Creek Watershed
39 Pages, 2000  $15 ($5.50 shipping & handling)
This plan identifies actions needed to minimize damage resulting from wildfires in the Lower Clear Creek Watershed.  The plan describes the present condition of the watershed in reference to fuels, trends, and likely future conditions.  It also contains recommendations for projects that will improve the present condition, i.e. shaded fuelbreaks, defensible space, and fuel modifications.  The plan is also available at the office of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 1000 W Cypress Avenue, Redding, CA  96001.  Prepared by the Western Shasta RCD with funding from CDF, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and California Department of Fish and Game.  Includes 7 maps. 

Erosion and Sediment Control Standards Design Manual
187 Pages, 1992, $28.00 ($5.50 shipping & handling)
This manual provides minimum standards for erosion and sediment control from land disturbing activities associated with urban development within Shasta County. Sections include site preparation standards (wet weather, buffer strips, land grading, topsoiling), vegetative stabilization standards (temporary and permanent seeding and mulching, hydroseeding), runoff control standards (temporary dike, swale, rock lined channel, riprap, slope drain, waterbars, rolling dips, energy dissipator), and sediment control standards (temporary sediment basin, sediment traps, straw bale dike and sediment barrier, rock, log and straw bale check dams, silt fence). Prepared by the Western Shasta RCD, funded by the City of Redding Department of Public Works and Shasta County Department of Public Works.

Upper Clear Creek Watershed Analysis
154 Pages, 1999.  $40.00  ($7.20 shipping & handling) 
The analysis gathered and integrated existing information on the condition of the physical and ecological environments within the Upper Clear Creek Watershed (above Whiskeytown Dam), for the purpose of gaining a comprehensive understanding of natural and human disturbances in the watershed. The analysis covers water quantity and water qualify, fuels and fire, habitat and wildlife, soils and erosion, human uses, reference conditions, comparison of existing and reference conditions, and recommendations. Color maps included. Funded by the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management.

Lower Clear Creek Watershed Analysis
176 Pages, 1996.  $40.00 ($7.20 shipping & handling) 
The analysis gathered and integrated existing information on the condition of the physical and ecological environments within the Lower Clear Creek Watershed (below Whiskeytown Dam), for the purpose of gaining a comprehensive understanding of natural and human disturbances in the watershed. The analysis covers hydrology, fisheries, riparian vegetation, air quality, fire, geology, soils, vegetation, noxious weeds, wildlife, land use, human uses, reference conditions, comparison of existing and reference conditions, and recommendations. Color maps included. Funded by the Bureau of Land Management.

Lower Clear Creek Watershed Management Plan
50 Pages, 1998.  $20.00 ($5.50 shipping & handling) 
This watershed management plan was developed by the Lower Clear Creek CRMP (Coordindated Resource Management Plan Group). The CRMP was comprised of landowners, stakeholders, and government agency representatives. The goals of the management plan encompass natural resource issues, social issues, information and education issues. This report details how the action items were resolved and lists stewardship projects which can be done in the future with a high probability of success.

Cow Creek Watershed Assessment
370 pages, 2001.  $40.00 ($7.20 shipping & handling)
The analysis gathered and integrated existing information on the condition of the physical and ecological environments within the Cow Creek Watershed, for the purpose of gaining a comprehensive understanding of natural and human disturbances in the watershed. The analysis covers Land Use and Demographics, Geomorphology, Hydrology, Water Quality, Botanical Resources, Wildlife Resources, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, and Fire and Fuels management. Color maps are included. Funded by the State Water Resources Control Board and the David and Lucille Packard Foundation.