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

Digital Coast Data Access Viewer

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Draw an area of interest on a map to search for LIDAR, imagery, land cover, and benthic data available for that location through the NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Choose a dataset of interest, and then make selections in an easy-to-use checkout interface to download your desired data. The...Read more

SECURE Report Data Visualization

Published: 
March 1, 2016
U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation has published an updated SECURE Water Act Report to Congress. The report highlights findings from basin-specific collaborative planning studies to provide a West-wide perspective on anticipated impacts to water resources due to climate change and corresponding adaptation...Read more

Satellite Ocean Color Products

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This page shows regions of Harmful Algal Blooms. Harmful algal blooms of Karenia brevis, the organism responsible for red tide in the Gulf of Mexico, can impact the health of humans and animal life. When K. brevis cell concentrations are present, the report indicates the general location and...Read more

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA-GLERL and its partners conduct innovative research on the dynamic environments and ecosystems of the Great Lakes and coastal regions to provide information for resource use and management decisions that lead to safe and sustainable ecosystems, ecosystem services, and human communities. This...Read more

Digital Coast

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Digital Coast was developed to meet the unique needs of the coastal management community. The website provides not only coastal data, but also the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. Content comes from many sources, all of which are vetted by NOAA. Data sets...Read more

WASH and Freshwater Conservation in Sub Saharan Africa

Published: 
July 31, 2014
Millennium Water AllianceConservation InternationalWinrock International
This webinar explores the question of integrating WASH and freshwater conservation with case studies from Tanzania.Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

WASH and Freshwater Conservation in Southeast Asia

Published: 
July 24, 2014
Millennium Water AllianceConservation InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
This webinar explores the question of integrating WASH and freshwater conservation with a case study on urban groundwater recharge for water supply in Indonesia.Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

Weed Risk Assessment for Aquatic Plants

Published: 
January 1, 2012
The 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
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Building Regional Threat Based Networks for Estuaries in the Western United States

Published: 
January 1, 2011
The 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
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Conservation Gateway Database: Science Articles

The Nature Conservancy
This is a list of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters authored by TNC staff, including links to pdf versions where available.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

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