Prototype dashboard built to help identify ecologically healthy streams to protect

SCCWRP has developed an initial prototype of a public facing data dashboard designed to help watershed managers statewide visualize and determine which streams that are ecologically healthy should be priorities for protection.

The protective assessment dashboard, unveiled in April, is intended to help managers use their bioassessment data to identify stressors that may pose a risk to the ongoing health of these streams, enabling managers to make informed decisions about long-term protection and resiliency planning.

For a given stream segment, users will be able to query bioassessment data, watershed stressors, and receive an evaluation of the risks to the integrity of healthy watersheds.

The dashboard will integrate multiple stream health assessment tools, including the Stream Quality Index (SQI) and Rapid Screening Causal Assessment (RSCA) – both co-developed by SCCWRP.