Russian/Bodega Bay Watershed Management Area
Hydrologic Units: Russian River, Bodega Bay
Description: The Russian/Bodega WMA includes the Russian River and Bodega Bay hydrologic units including the Bodega Harbor, Salmon, Americano, and Stemple Creek watersheds and the tributaries to the Russian River.
The Russian River watershed encompasses 1,485 square miles. It supports gravel mining, viticulture, orchards and other agricultural crops, as well as silviculture. The Russian River is the most populous watershed in the North Coast, and includes the urban centers of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Sebastopol, Windsor, Healdsburg and Cloverdale. The Russian River supplies drinking water for over 570,000 people in the North Bay area; a portion of this water is supplied through a diversion from the Eel River. The Bodega watershed contains three Critical Coastal Areas: Estero Americano, Estero de San Antonio, and Bodega Marine Life Refuge.
Watershed Plans can be easily accessed on the right side of this page and in the linked library folder (Library > Watershed Management Plans > Russian/Bodega Bay Watershed Management Area).
Watershed Groups: Please follow these instructions to publish your group information
- Atascadero and Green Valley Creek Watershed Group
- Blucher Creek Watershed Council
- Copeland Creek Advisory Committee/Friends of Copeland Creek
- Cotati Creek Critters
- Dutch Bill Creek Watershed Group
- Friends of Gibson Creek
- Friends of Hulbert Creek
- Friends of Mark West Watershed
- Russian River Coho Recovery Group
- Russian Riverkeeper
- Russian River Watershed Association
- Russian River Watershed Council
- Salmon Creek Watershed Council
- Tomales Bay Watershed Council
Salmonids: Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
