Project Abstract:
The Carlsbad Watershed encompasses the fastest growing communities of North County. It is estimated that North County will add 50K people annually to the present population. The natural environmental systems of filtering water, cleansing the air, providing bank stability and maintaining the natural food cycles become less available and taxed as our natural habitats and open land areas are lost or destroyed by development and urbanization. The condition of the water bodies and water quality is directly tied to the condition and functioning of these environmental systems. Few residents understand the interrelationship between the environment and their quality of life.
Project Interact (PI) is the coordinated exhibits and education program of the NEW Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation’s Discovery Center. PI will demonstrate the importance of partnerships of diverse entities to include the non-profit, governmental and grassroots citizen groups in understanding, crafting and implementing viable solutions to watershed issues. PI consists of a 3-D 5.3’X 8’ topographic model of the Carlsbad watershed and interactive visualization technologies. The education component includes programs to engage citizens in active conservation of watershed resources.
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Project Goals:
The project goals are: 1) to demonstrate the interrelationship of watershed health, beauty, recreation, policy, economics and citizen behavior, 2) to engage residents and organizations to get involved to protect and improve of our environment and its natural resources and 3) to provide educators, researchers and the general public access to regional data.
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Research Priorities (and suggested topics for investigation):
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Full Description of Project:
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Project Participants:
The Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation
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Link to Narrative:
http://www.aguahedionda.org/index.html
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