A Presentation to the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation, and Conservation District

January 25, 2001

Humboldt Bay California

Interagency Support Decision System

1944

Project Staff:

Mr. Jason R. Patton 1

Dr. Steven J. Steinberg 2

Ms. Michelle A. Roberts 1

Humboldt State UniversityArcata, California

2 Department of Natural Resource Planningand

1 Department of Geology

•Land Use Patterns

•Recreation•Fishing•Timber•Dairy•Housing Development•Shellfish Production•Shipping

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List of Contributors

Physical Characteristics …

• Sediments

• Tides

• Bathymetry

• Historic Disturbance

• Water Quality

• Sedimentation and Erosion

Sediments

Tides ...

Bathymetry

•depths from MHHW

1993 TIN

HistoricalSedimentation,

Erosion, andFill

HistoricalSedimentation,

Erosion, andFill

1944 to 1993 Change in High

Tide

1944 to 1993 Change in High

Tide

Mosaic of scannedimagery

onlineGISat

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Future Recommendations

• Water Quality

• Watershed Analysis of entire Humboldt Bay Watershed

• Digitize additional historical maps

• Maintain changes to layers in the future

• Seek funding to establish long term research and monitoring of biological

and physical phenomena