Improvement of the National Hydrography Dataset for parts of the Lower Colorado River Region and additional areas of importance to the DLCC

The Desert LCC will provide the 50% of the Federal component of funds, and the work designed will support the science objectives for the Desert LCC and its partners as well as provide needed improvements to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) in the Lower Colorado River Region, and beyond. Basic improvement of the NHD at the 1:24,000 scale will provide an...

Mapping of Non-Perennial and Ephemeral Streams

Nonperennial streams are defined as streams that lack surface flow for at least several days per year in typical years. Nonperennial streams comprise the majority of streams in southern California, but we have little information on which streams are nonperennial, nor how to characterize the diverse flow regimes nonperennial streams exhibit. Consequently, it is difficult for water quality programs to target waterbodies of interest, nor is it possible...

National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Update and Training for California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

The CSUN Center for Geographical Studies (CGS) will provide services to the Division of Statewide Integrated Water Management of the Department of Water Resources (DWR) The objectives are to improve the High Resolution NHD, which will include polygonal, linear, and point features and all associated NHD attributes within mutually agreed upon priority areas at a 1:24,000 scale. The edits will...

Partnership for Tomorrow MOU, LA Department of Water and Power

Improvement of the National Hydrography Dataset for parts of the Lower Colorado Region and additional areas of importance to the DLCC

The Desert LCC will provide the 50% of the Federal component of funds, and the work designed will support the science objectives for the Desert LCC and its partners as well as provide needed improvements to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) in the Lower Colorado River Region, and beyond. Basic improvement of the NHD at the 1:24,000 scale will provide an import...

Vulnerable Population Analysis Mapping Project

Vulnerable populations have been defined in various ways in differing contexts. A new approach to understanding these populations is through a more comprehensive contextual focus called the whole community approach, which attempts to understand the assets and deficits throughout an entire community and to strengthen the resilience of the entire community in the face of various threats (environmental, health, etc.). Systematically identifying these vu...

California State Lands Commission Lease Layer Update Project

The goal of this pilot project is to provide an update to the existing California State Lands Commission (CSLC) lease management GIS data layer. The Center for Geographical Studies at CSU Northridge (CGS) will create a separate GIS dataset of the approximately 600 new CSLC lease locations and attributes that have been approved by the CSLC from roughly 2012-present.

US Forest Service Region 3 National Hydrography (NHD) Spatial Data Update

The Center for Geographical Studies at California State University Northridge (CSUN) is being tasked by USGS and other organizations to complete a comprehensive spatial data update to the NHD watersheds in the Southwestern region. These comprehensive updates are occurring adjacent to National Forest land, and partnering with CSUN to complete spatial data updates on Forest Service land is in line with the priority NHD updat...

California Statewide NHD Update Project

Records Digitization - Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Standards (MOTEMS)

The California State Lands Commission (SLC) seeks to scan a large volume of hard copy documents found in their Long Beach offices. Documents are both standard size (8.5 x 11) and large format (up to 34 x 44). In addition to scanning work, CGS staff will be digitizing CA marine oil terminal sites and linking sites with relevant scanned/digital documents.

Forest Service Air Quality Monitors: Data Processing and Attribution

The United States Forest Service (USFS) monitors urban forest to assess and predict changes in the urban forest resource over time. USFS has data from a series of air quality monitors from a citizen science network. These PurpleAir monitors are primarily in private residences and measured particulate matter from 2017-2020 at various temporal resolutions for several areas in California. There are approximately 3,319 monitors in C...

Forest Resiliency, San Bernardino National Forest

The San Bernardino National Forest supports various human and ecological activities traversing the headwaters to downstream communities. Although rich in natural resources, mountain ecosystems have been adversely impacted by long term drought conditions and highly variable year-round tourism activities, coupled with inadequate finances to manage diverse environmental and cultural resources. These issues are contributing significantly to compromise...