Watershed Descriptions

Ano Nuevo – Back to Study Area

Area¹: 99,825 km²

Planning Watersheds¹: 4

Description: The Ano Nuevo watershed is located along the Pacific coast and includes portions of both San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties. The Ano Nuevo State Park, and a part of both Butano State Park and the Big Basin Redwoods State Park are located in the watershed. Bean Hollow State Beach, the Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park, and the Ano Nuevo State Reserve are located along the coast. To interactively explore features of this watershed, visit the Interactive Mapping section of this Web site.

Streams²:

Salmonids³:

• coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
• steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Watershed Groups: Pescadero Conservation Alliance

Watershed Plans:

Ownership⁴: State, Military, and Private

Landcover and Landuse⁵:

Source Information:

¹California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Watersheds (CALWATER 2.2) for Hydrologic Sub-Area Name and Planning Watershed Name (see metadata for srp_calw22)
²U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Stream Reach File 3 (see metadata for srp_rf3)
³Personal communication: Jerry Smith (San Jose), Don Alley (Brookdale), Kristen Schroeder (Santa Cruz County), 2004.
  County of Santa Cruz Map of Steelhead and Coho Salmon Distribution in Santa Cruz County, May 2004.
⁴California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Conservation and Public Lands (Legacy Project) (see metadata spr_govtowna)
⁵California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Multi Source Landcover Data (2002) (see metadata srp_fveg)

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