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Washington's Rapid Watershed Assessment Matrices

Updated 02/02/2009

The RWA's matrices document current conservation status as well as pre-decisional, qualitative projections of future opportunities for conservation implementation in the watershed. This set of worksheets identifies opportunities that may be achieved taking into account local participation rates and average ability of landowners to finance their portion of the average cost share for conservation programs. Estimates in the RWA are developed based on availability of optimal funding and staffing for conservation efforts. Availability of actual program funding and staffing is unknown and may vary based on a variety of factors.

Because of various procedural limitations in their development, RWA’s are limited in the details they provide. This document does not address cumulative efforts or serve to monitor conservation implementation progress that is dependent on future funding or other factors.

The following watersheds have RWA matrices completed to address the main landuse concerns for each watershed.
The main utility for the matrices will be by the local NRCS field offices.
Each identified landuse within a watershed will provide information on the following topics:

  • Introduces the use of the application program

  • Variables within the watershed

  • Practices/ Concerns selected by Local Working Group

  • Practice Effects

  • Treatment Levels

  • Factors associated with the practices

  • Conservation Systems by Treatment Level

  • Possible Funding Sources

 

The following will documents require Adobe Acrobat an/or Microsoft Excel. Follow link for free download.   

All publications have been make available in a .PDF format.  Alternative text is not available for these publications as they can not be depicted in a narrative format. We apologize for any inconvenience. For readers requiring assistance with 508 issues please call (509)-323-2961.

These are relatively large files and may take a while to download.  The best way to view them is to right mouse click on the file name and select “Save Target As” to copy the file to your computer before trying to open it.

•  Matrix information will be provided in an Excel spreadsheet format.
•  Topics are identified as individual worksheet tabs located on the bottom of the Excel program window.

 

Overview of the Washington Rapid Watershed Assessment Matrices worksheets.  (PDF; 156KB)

 
Washington's RWA Landuse Matrices
Watershed Name  HUC # Landuse Matrices
Colville 17020003 Cropland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Colville 17020003 Cropland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.9MB)
Colville 17020003 Forestland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Colville 17020003 Forestland - Grazed  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Colville 17020003 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Colville 17020003 Pastureland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Dungeness-Elwha 17110020 Forestland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Dungeness-Elwha 17110020 Hayland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Dungeness-Elwha 17110020 Hayland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Dungeness-Elwha 17110020 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Dungeness-Elwha 17110020 Pastureland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Dungeness-Elwha 17110020 Pastureland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Grande Ronde 17060106 Cropland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Grande Ronde 17060106 Forestland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Grande Ronde 17060106 Forestland - Grazed  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Grande Ronde 17060106 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Grande Ronde 17060106 Natural Area  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Grande Ronde 17060106 Rangeland - Grazed (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon  17060107 Cropland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon 17060107 Forestland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon 17060107 Forestland - Grazed  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon 17060107 Hayland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon 17060107 Hayland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon 17060107 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon 17060107 Natural Areas  (XLS; 1.1 MB)
Lower Snake - Tucannon 17060107 Rangeland - Grazed  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Skagit 17110007 Cropland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Skagit 17110007 Cropland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Skagit 17110007 Forestland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Skagit 17110007 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Skagit 17110007 Pastureland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Lower Skagit 17110007 Pastureland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Cropland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Cropland - Rill Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Forestland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Forestland - Grazed  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Participation  (XLS; 102 KB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Pastureland -Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Pastureland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Mid Columbia - Hood 17070105 Rangeland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Naches 17030002 Cropland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Naches 17030002 Cropland - Rill Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Naches 17030002 Forestland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Naches 17030002 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Naches 17030002 Participation  (XLS; 103 KB)
Naches 17030002 Pastureland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Naches 17030002 Rangeland  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Rock 17060109 Cropland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Rock 17060109 Hayland - Dry  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Rock 17060109 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Rock 17060109 Rangeland - Grazed  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Willapa Bay 17100106 Cropland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Willapa Bay 17100106 Hayland - Forage  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Willapa Bay 17100106 Headquarters  (XLS; 1.2 MB)
Willapa Bay 17100106 Pastureland - Irrigated  (XLS; 1.2 MB)

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