Current PIC Focus Area
Our Current Focus
Based on trends monitoring of the watershed, the Golden Sands Slough, Meadowbrook Slough, and Meadowbrook Creek were chosen as the focus area for the pilot study of this project. The focus area for the next phase, or "Phase 1 implementation" (also known PIC Project Area 2) was in the Lower Matriotti and Lotzgesell Creek area. We started the "Phase 2 Implementation" (also known as PIC Project Area 3) in late 2019, and the focus area was the Upper Matriotti Creek area and Bell Creek. "Phase 3 of Implementation" in PIC Project Area 4 began in 2024 and focuses on the top sections of Matriotti Creek and the Highland ditch sites that feed into Bell Creek.
For maps of sampling sites and results from testing, see the following links:
- Golden Sands Slough Sampling Sites (PDF)
- Matriotti / Lotzgesell Creek Sampling Sites (PDF)
- Meadowbrook (Dungeness) Slough Sampling Sites (PDF)
- Meadowbrook Creek Sampling Sites (PDF)
- Upper Matriotti / Bell Creek Sampling Sites (PDF)
- PIC Project Area 4 Sites (PDF)
- PIC Segmented Data 2015-2021 (PDF)
- PIC Matriotti / Bell Creek GeoMean Results 2020-2023
Environmental Health, in coordination with PIC Partners, is studying parcel records, requesting site visits, conducting water quality sampling, and beginning to work with property owners to improve and protect water quality in the Upper Matriotti / Bell Creek areas as impacts from COVID-19 allow. We are also continuing previous work in the greater PIC project area.