Preliminary Assessment of Contaminants and Potential Effects to Fish of the Truckee River, Nevada
The Service initiated a synoptic investigation in 2002 to determine if contaminants are affecting or have the potential to affect fish health, survival, or reproductive potential in the lower Truckee […]
Pyramid Lake 208 Program Studies (July, 1982)
This element of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes’ 208 Water Quality Management Plan provides an analysis of the existing institutional situation on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation
Pyramid Lake Comprehensive Resource Management Plan (2005) PLPT-USDA-NRCS
The Comprehensive Resource Management Plan (CRMP) is a reservation-wide plan for all resource management planning on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.
Pyramid Lake Non-Point Source Assessment & Management Plan – 1994
The Clean Water Act (as amended in 1987) extended the opportunity for Indian Tribes to take a greater administrative role in environmental protection within their borders. With this report, the […]
Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Tribe Nonpoint Source Assessment and Management Plan
Nonpoint source (NPS) discharges to aquatic systems have been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and other professional water quality scientists as important sources of polutants. In many […]
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe – Water Quality Control Plan FINAL 2008
A water quality standard is a law or regulation which consists of the beneficial use(s) of a waterbody or segment therein, and the water quality criteria which are necessary to […]
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 […]
EPA-Funded DRI proposal for a study on Regional Clean Water Activities based in Truckee, Carson, Humboldt Rivers
The scientific focus will involve a suite of laboratory and field-scale activities designed to better understand the effects of natural and human factors on ecological function in western river basins.
Assessment of the Effects of Storm Water Runoff and Background Watershed Conditions on 303(d) listed waters within the Truckee Meadows MS4 Permit Area
The new permit requires the co?permittees to evaluate whether storm water discharges from any part of the MS4 contributes directly or indirectly to the listing of a waterbody on the […]
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 […]