MONITORING WATER QUALITY

Main Points

General Monitoring and Planning

• Tate, K.W., R.A. Dahlgren, M.J. Singer, B. Allen-Diaz and E.R. Atwill. 1999. Monitoring Water Quality on California Rangeland Watersheds: Timing is Everything. California Agriculture. 53:44-48.
• Monitoring Practice Effectiveness: What, Where, and How, Fact Sheet 4 
• Type of Monitoring,    Fact Sheet 1                     
• Monitoring With Ranch Records, Fact Sheet 2                    
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Monitoring, Fact Sheet 3

RDM and Stubble Height Monitoring Publications

• Lile, David F., Kenneth W. Tate, Donald L. Lancaster and Betsy Karle. 2003. Stubble height standards for Sierra Nevada meadows can be difficult to meet. Calif. Agric. 57:60-64
• Bartolome J.W., W.E. Frost, N.K. McDougald and J.M. Connor. 2002. California Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter (RDM) Management on Coastal and Foothill Annual Rangelands. Rangeland Monitoring Series, University of California Ag and Nat Res Pub 8092. Oakland, CA. 8 p.

Riparian Monitoring Publications

• Ward, T.A., K.W. Tate, and E.R. Atwill. 2003. Visual Assessment of Riparian Health. ANR Publ. No. 8089. Div. of Agric. And Nat. Res., Univ. of Calif., Oakland, Calif. 23 pgs. http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8089.pdf
• Ward, T.A., K.W. Tate, and E.R. Atwill. 2003. Guidelines for Monitoring the Establishment of Riparian Grazing Systems. ANR Publ. No. 8094. Div. of Agric. And Nat. Res., Univ. of Calif., Oakland, Calif. 37 pgs. http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8094.pdf
• Ward, T.A., K.W. Tate, E.R. Atwill, D.F. Lile, D.L. Lancaster, N.K. McDougald, S. Barry, R.S. Ingram, H.A. George, W.J. Jensen, W.E. Frost, R. Phillips, G.G. Markegard, S. Larson. 2003. A Comparison of Three Visual Assessments for Riparian and Stream Health. J. Soil and Water Conservation. 58:83-88
• Allen-Diaz, B, RD Jackson, JW Bartolome, KW Tate, and LG Oates. 2004. Long-term grazing study in spring-fed wetlands reveals management tradeoffs. California Agriculture 58:144-148.

Sediment Monitoring Publications

•  Lewis, D.J., K.W. Tate, and J.M. Harper. 2000. Sediment delivery monitoring: A water quality tool for California Rangeland watersheds. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 8014. Davis, California.
• Lewis, D.J., K.W. Tate, J.M. Harper, and J. Price. 2001. Locating sediment sources on California’s North Coast rangelands. Calif. Agric. 55(4):32-038.

Stream Temperature Monitoring Publications

•  Tate, Kenneth W., David F. Lile, Donald L. Lancaster, Marni L. Porath, Julie A. Morrison and Yukako Sado. 2005. Graphical analysis facilitates evaluation of stream-temperature monitoring data. Calif. Agric. 59:153-160.
• Tate, Kenneth W., David F. Lile, Donald L. Lancaster, Marni L. Porath, Julie A. Morrison and Yukako Sado. 2005. Statistical analysis of monitoring data aids in prediction of stream temperature. Calif. Agric. 59:161-167.

Whole Farm Monitoring

• Tate, Kenneth W., David F. Lile, Donald L. Lancaster, Marni L. Porath, Yukako Sado and Betsy Huang. 2005. Monitoring helps reduce water-quality impacts in flood-irrigated pasture. Calif. Agric. 59:168-175.

Monitoring Nutrients and Pathogens

• Tate, K.W., E.R. Atwill, N.K. McDougald, and M.R. George 2003. Spatial and temporal patterns of cattle feces deposition on annual rangeland watersheds. Journal of Range Management 56: 432-438.

Monitoring Stream Flow

• Tate, KW, DL Lancaster, JA Morrison, DF Lile, Y Sado, B Huang. 2005. Monitoring helps reduce water-quality impacts in flood-irrigated pasture. California Agriculture 59:168-175.
• Drake, DJ, KW Tate, and H Carlson. 2000. Analysis shows climate-caused decreases in Scott River fall flows. California Agriculture 54:46-49