Eight River Challenges

From beyond the Pinnacles to the Pacific you have followed the Pajaro from the headwaters to the ocean. We invite you to pause and reflect on eight major challenges this watershed faces.

River Management
Floodplain Preservation
Flooding
Pollution
Mining
Habitat
Vegetation
River Access

One of the challenges today, lack of public access, was celebrated in the past. Historical photographs from the communities of Watsonville and Aromas tell stories of people enjoying our river.

You can view the Pajaro from the air in Ken Adelman’s aerial photos taken from a helicopter.

We would appreciate your comments on your concerns for the river. We will add them to our research. Please send comments to the curators via email. Please type in the subject line "Speak Out." and mail to:

pajaroriver@mmpublishing.com.

To learn more about what other organizations and people are doing about our local environment, click on the resources and links below. These resources are also available with others in our Multimedia CD.

Resources and Links

Sam Farr web site
http://www.farr.house.gov/display2.cfm?id=6938&type=Home
Robert Curry web site
http://home.csumb.edu/c/currybob/world/Pajaro/
Henry Coe Park Advocates
http://www.coeadvocates.org/
Santa Cruz Bird Club
http://santacruzbirdclub.org/sched.html
Santa Cruz County Gis Instructions
http://gis.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/GIS/gis_instructions.htm
Pelican Network and First People of the Pajaro
http://www.pelicannetwork.net/pajaropeople.htm
Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.redlist.org/
Elkhorn Slough
http://www.elkhornslough.org/
American Rivers Most Endangered Nominations
http://www.americanrivers.org/mostendangered/2003nominationform.htm
Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club Pajaro River site
http://ventana.sierraclub.org/conservation/pajaro_river/index.shtml
Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
http://www.scvas.org/index.shtml
Friends of the Napa River
http://www.friendsofthenapariver.org