Benthic Macroinvertebrates Index Development and Physical Habitat Evaluation for Truckee River, Carson River, and Walker River
The Clean Water Act (CWA) has as one of its primary goals the maintenance and restoration of biological integrity. This concept of biological integrity refers to the natural assemblage of […]
Biological Condition Index Development for the Lower Truckee River and Eastern Sierra Nevada Rivers Fish Assemblage
The Deparment of Fisheries and Wildlife developed a fish assemblage IBI for western Nevada rivers and applied it to the Truckee River. Available state and federal fish assemblage data from […]
Biological Condition Index Development for the Truckee River Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblage
The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) has set a goal to: Use biological indicators to provide an overall assessment of ecological condition and monitor trends for effectively managing the […]
Biological Condition Index Development for the Truckee River Periphyton Assemblage
The objectives of the current activities were to determine if sufficient data was available to derive preliminary periphyton-based metrics that could be used in a periphyton-based indices of ecological condition […]
2015 Truckee River Watershed Tributary Assessment
Detailed assessments of these tributaries were first performed in 2002 to support development of a Watershed Management and Protection Plan. The initial watershed assessments provided a broad range of valuable […]
Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes on the Truckee River Results of March 2004 Sampling
The University of Nevada Reno (UNR) have been collaborating with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT), the Desert Research Institute (DRI), and the Nevada […]
EPA benthic macroinvertebrate sampling method for physical habitat assessment
US EPA Method for determining physical habitat conditions using method for assessments. This method is being used by PLPT in tandem with benthic macroinvertebrate sampling, to further describe the watershed […]
Washoe County Waterbodies
Water bodies in Washoe County, NV.
Washoe County Rivers, Streams, and Creeks
Flowing water features in Washoe County, NV.
Water, Weather and Closed Basins
Story map depicting the history and hydrology of Washoe County’s closed basins, covering topics such as the water cycle, the water year, and lake levels.
