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

On-Site Study of Major Watershed Installations in the Southeastern U.S.

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
The subject matter discussed and studied on this trip can be divided into four general, categories: '(1) Evapotranspiration (ET) phenomena and their physical relationship to stream flow, (2)Hydrologic prediction of stream flow by mathematical models, (3) Erosion and land rehabilitation...Read more

Development of Aids for Teaching Systems Analysis of Watershed Management

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Education in the system analysis of watershed management consists of both the acquisition of factual knowledge and the development of a decision making capacity. The applied utility of computers can provide an efficient, and often the only approach to obtaining solutions both to real world problems...Read more

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture With Special Emphasis on Systems Analysis of Watershed Management; Annual Technical Report 1970/1971

Published: 
January 1, 1971
U.S. Agency for International Development
Strengthening the University of Arizona's competency in the area of watershed management utilizing systems analysis techniques applied to problems of less developed countries has taken several forms. The addition and revision of pertinent course curricula, the analyses of research programs...Read more

Bibliography of Interception

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The main purpose of the bibliography is to provide a reference of literature for use but if it proves useful to working on hydrologic problems of underdeveloped countries, it is all to the good. Among all wild land hydrologic processes, interception has been the most frequently studied.Read more

Current Research in the U.S. Applicable to Systems Analysis of Watershed Management

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this compilation is to summarize current research projects being carried out by federal and state agencies and universities in the US that may be pertinent to the objectives of AID Institutional Grant 211d. Systems analysis of watershed management implies integrating hydrologic,...Read more

Computerized Hydrologic Data Acquisition System, a Facility for Upgrading Instruction in Watershed Management

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
Technological explosion, population expansion, urban sprawl, changing patterns of land and water use and increasing emphasis on environmental quality control are presenting vast new challenges to natural resource scientists and land managers. These scientists and managers need an understanding of...Read more

Optimum Utilization of Water Resources for Agriculture With Special Emphasis on Systems Analysis of Watershed Management; Annual Technical Report

Published: 
January 1, 1970
U.S. Agency for International Development
Annual technical report from the Watershed Management Department on improvements in teaching facilities, and overall strengthening of teaching research and services.Read more

How Trees Can Retain Stormwater Runoff

Published: 
December 31, 1969
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Trees in our communities provide many services beyond the inherent beauty they lend to streets and properties. One of the most overlooked and underappreciated is their ability to reduce the volume of water rushing through gutters and pipes following a storm. This means less investment in expensive...Read more
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Application of a Computer Model to a Desert Watershed

Published: 
January 1, 1969
U.S. Agency for International Development
Only about 5% of precipitation which fall son the dry deserts of Arizona is retained for use. Efficient watershed management could increase this percentage. This requires accurately predicting runoff from storms. Watershed modeling using computers is the most promising of methods.Read more

U.S. Drought Monitor Animations

Published: 
July 1, 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S. Department of Agriculture
state, regional and national Drought Monitor animations from the beginning of the calendar year to presentRead more

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