Planning Units
The planning region includes the westside of the southern Sierra Nevada ecoregion plus a part of the San Joaquin Valley. As Phase 1 encompasses a large region (63,000 sq km), the assessment was made for 1,395 medium-sized planning units (Calwater watersheds in the Sierra Nevada and 6x6 mile townships in the San Joaquin Valley). These planning units are larger than a typical UC NRS site, but are approriate for applying the UC guidelines at a regional scale.