Priorities > Resilience​​​

An indication of habitat resilience may be the watershed features of drainage area, maximum elevation, stream length, and flow.​​

Drainage area and maximum elevation directly relate to the amount of water collected.

Stream length figures in the number of trout populations that may be supported.

The relationship among streams in area, elevation, and length stays constant even as precipitation declines due to climate change, and that reasonably extends to flows.

Using the features cited, the 2 tables show 16 streams sorted by expected relative resilience, including 13 from the near-term priority list, plus 3 that have been part of the discussion.