Watershed Management and Restoration
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, watershed management is the continuous process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects with partners using a multi-disciplinary and adaptive approach to sustain and enhance natural watersheds. Resources available in this sub-theme include watershed management technical reports, tools to assess flows in ecosystems, and other resources that support sustainable watershed management and restoration.
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Watershed Management and Restoration Resources
How Water Management in Tucson, Arizona Has Affected the Desert's Landscape
Published:
October 18, 2014The National Institutes for Water Resources
Tuscan, Arizona has relied heavily on groundwater to supply its water needs. Over time, the pumping associated with residential, agricultural and industrial water use has outstripped nature's ability to replenish the underground aquifers. To reduce the overdraft of groundwater in the Tuscan...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaArizona Rural Water Issues Attracting Attention: What Is Best Plan for Managing Non-Active Management Areas?
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March 18, 2014The National Institutes for Water Resources
Water management involves more than just the hydrological process. Successful water management should reflect the physical, social and cultural characteristics unique to the area. In Arizona, urban water affairs are recognized as a priority, however rural regions are often overlooked, which has...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaLand Subsidence in the United States
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December 18, 2014The National Institutes for Water ResourcesU.S. Department of the Interior
Publication is one in a series of fact sheets that describe ground-water-resource issues across the United States, as well as some of the activities of the U.S. Geological Survey that provide information to help others develop, manage, and pretext ground-water resources in a sustainable manner.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaSedimentation and River Hydraulics: Two-Dimensional Model (SRH-2D)
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August 1, 2012U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
Sedimentation and River Hydraulics – Two-Dimensional model, is a two-dimensional (2D) hydraulic, sediment, temperature, and vegetation model for river systems.Read more
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United StatesWeed Risk Assessment for Aquatic Plants
Published:
January 1, 2012The Nature Conservancy
Research paper testing the accuracy of an invasive aquatic plant risk assessment system in the United States, modified from a system originally developed by New Zealand's Biosecurity Program. The high accuracy with which these methods can distinguish non-invaders from harmful invaders suggests...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaBuilding Regional Threat Based Networks for Estuaries in the Western United States
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January 1, 2011The Nature Conservancy
This study categorizes estuaries of the western United States into hierarchical networks that share similar threat characteristics to analyze the spatial extent of estuary threats. Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaNational Water Level Observation Network
Published:
October 15, 2013National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The NWLON is a coastal observing network of 175 stations nationwide, including the Great Lakes and Pacific as well as Atlantic Ocean Island Territories and Possessions that collects continuous long-term water level observations to a known vertical reference. NWLON data communications include near...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaSea Level Trends
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October 15, 2013National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The mean sea level (MSL) trends measured by tide gauges that are presented on this web site are local relative MSL trends as opposed to the global sea level trend. Tide gauge measurements are made with respect to a local fixed reference level on land; therefore, if there is some long-term vertical...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaExtreme Water Levels
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October 15, 2013National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This product provides annual and monthly exceedance probability levels for select Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) water level stations with at least 30 years of data. When used in conjunction with real time station data, exceedance probability levels can be used...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaSea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer
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September 23, 2016National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Use this web mapping tool to visualize community-level impacts from coastal flooding or sea level rise (up to 6 feet above average high tides). Photo simulations of how future flooding might impact local landmarks are also provided, as well as data related to water depth, connectivity, flood...Read more
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