Stream Watch

What is Stream Watch?

Stream Watch is a community science program organized by Napa RCD and Napa County Watershed Information and Conservation Council. Volunteers make observations at select creek sites about whether or not there is water in the creek. They also note how much trash they see. This information will be compiled over several years to learn more about our creeks and how we can best take care of them now and as our climate changes.

Two Ways to Participate

Explore Your Watershed

For people looking to contribute to this Community Science project, but who don’t always have the time to visit a site every single week!

You can provide valuable information by adding an observation at any of our sites at any time of year. Don’t know where Garnett Creek is? Take a Saturday drive and find out!

Adopt a Stream

Make regular observations at a single site throughout the rainy season. We will notify you when to start and stop to provide the best picture of when streams start and stop running. View the sites in the map below, pick the one or more that work for you.

How to Make an Observation

Use THIS LINK to make your observation.

Use THIS LINK or the tool below to view all the observations that have been made.

Follow the directions on the map to get to your site. Please follow all safety instructions! Take your photo and make note of whether the stream is dry, has isolated pools, or is flowing, and if there is trash in or around the waterway. Once you are safely off the roadway, upload your photo and observations.

Your observation will be reviewed by Napa RCD and added to the database.

Click here to open the Stream Watch Observations in a new window.