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Wenatchee River Wenatchee River Watershed Land Use Watershed Land Use
Mapping and Potential Mapping and Potential Non-Point Source Non-Point Source
Pollutant IdentificationPollutant Identification
Wenatchee Watershed Wenatchee Watershed Identification GroupIdentification Group
Andrew LeonAndrew Leon
Deena EwinsDeena Ewins
Cascadia Conservation Cascadia Conservation DistrictDistrict
Cascdia Conservation District’s mission is Cascdia Conservation District’s mission is to encourage wise stewardship and to encourage wise stewardship and conservation of all natural resources for conservation of all natural resources for current and future residents of Chelan current and future residents of Chelan County. County.
Cascadia asks, “What are the land uses Cascadia asks, “What are the land uses and potential sources of non-point and potential sources of non-point pollution in the Wenatchee River pollution in the Wenatchee River watershed?”watershed?”
Need To Know QuestionsNeed To Know Questions
What is Each Parcel in the Wenatchee What is Each Parcel in the Wenatchee River Watershed Used For?River Watershed Used For?
Which parcels are most likely to Which parcels are most likely to input pollution into the Wenatchee input pollution into the Wenatchee River?River?
What are the locations and types of What are the locations and types of farms?farms?
Data SourcesData Sources
Chelan CountyChelan County United States Department of United States Department of
Agriculture Agriculture Washington State Department of Washington State Department of
Agriculture Agriculture Pacific States Marine Fisheries Pacific States Marine Fisheries
CommissionCommission
What is Each Parcel in the What is Each Parcel in the Wenatchee River Watershed Used Wenatchee River Watershed Used
For?For?Central
Washington Watersheds
SelectWenatchee
RiverWatershed
WenatcheeRiver
Watershed
Land Parcels(With Land
Uses)
Clip toWenatcheeWatershed
Land Parcels inWatershed (With
Land Uses)
Which parcels are most likely to Which parcels are most likely to input pollution into the Wenatchee input pollution into the Wenatchee
River?River?Wenatchee River
Watershed
Rivers
Clip Rivers toWenatchee Watershed
Rivers in Watershed
BufferRivers
River Buffer
Find Intersection of Buffer and Agricultural
Parcels
Agricultural Parcels Most Likely to
Pollute
AgriculturalParcels
Select by Attribute To Find
AgriculturalLand Use
Land Parcelsin Watershed
(With Land Uses)
What are the locations and types What are the locations and types of farms?of farms?
Farm Types
WenatcheeRiver
Watershed
Clip Farms to Wenatchee
Watershed
Farm Types inThe WenatcheeRiver Watershed
Agricultural parcels within Agricultural parcels within 1,000 ft. of rivers and streams 1,000 ft. of rivers and streams
Agricultural parcels within 500 Agricultural parcels within 500 ft. of rivers and streamsft. of rivers and streams
ConclusionsConclusions
Agriculture exists mainly along the Agriculture exists mainly along the Wenatchee RiverWenatchee River
Agriculture contributes a great deal Agriculture contributes a great deal of non-point pollutionof non-point pollution
Pollutants from different types of Pollutants from different types of farms can flow into the Wenatchee farms can flow into the Wenatchee and other riversand other rivers
RecommendationsRecommendations
We were asked to get data on septic We were asked to get data on septic and irrigation systemsand irrigation systems
However we were unable to because However we were unable to because the data was not readily availablethe data was not readily available
Once this data is available, it will be Once this data is available, it will be useful for future investigations of useful for future investigations of non-point source pollution in the non-point source pollution in the regionregion