Susan Williams was a marine biologist at UC Davis who passed away in 2018. Bill Dennison, a good friend of hers, pays tribute to her in this blog post.
Project Dates : November 01, 2018 - February 29, 2020
The purpose of this project is to create a watershed health report card in consultation with local stakeholders to effectively measure the social, ecologic, and economic health of the Verde River. In doing so, actions will be leveraged to ensure the continued health of the watershed, and awareness of the significance of the watershed will be increased to support the livelihood and health of local communities.
Watershed report cards are powerful tools to describe ecosystem status, increase public awareness, and inform and influence decision makers to improve the health of a watershed. This is the first Verde River Watershed Report Card. It is the collective effort of dozens of stakeholders throughout the Verde watershed. Indicators in the report card were selected to assess the health of three different values in the Verde watershed: Water, Habitat, and Communities. Overall, the Verde watershed earned a score of 57%, a C+.
