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.

Watershed Management and Restoration Resources

U.S. Drought Monitor Statistics

Publication date:
January 1, 2014
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
national Drought Monitor statistical grid comparing current conditions vs. last week, 3 months ago, start of calendar year, start of water year and one year agoRead more

Drought Reporter

Publication date:
January 1, 2014
interactive display of drought impacts on state scale (agriculture, fire, water supply, society & public health, etc.)Read more

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center

Publication date:
January 1, 2014
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
The center researchers team with policymakers and other stakeholders to actively inform public policy. DWFI faculty fellow Alan Tomkins is the center's director.Read more

Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

Publication date:
June 1, 2004
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
Several affiliated faculty work with natural resources management graduate students to create new information useful for management Read more

Managing Watersheds to Improve Land and Water

The National Institutes for Water Resources
At first glance, the term watershed management appears to be self-explanatory, its meaning apparent in its very wording. Watershed management is the managing of a watershed. At best, however, this definition is merely the starting point and might appropriately be compared to the initial upland flow...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Managing the Flow to Better Use, Preserve Arizona's Rivers

The National Institutes for Water Resources
River management plans are varied and complex, strategically developed for the circumstances of individual rivers. A river management plan may involve a single agency regulating a river or a more comprehensive effort, with varied organizations, from grassroots to federal, working together to ensure...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Weather Modification: a Water Resource Strategy to Be Researched, Tested Before Tried

The National Institutes for Water Resources
Weather modification has a rather unique status among water resource issues. Along with attracting attention as a potential water supply source, weather modification is of interest because of its varied and changing status in the scientific and public policy communities; it has an aura of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Hydrometeorological Automated Data System (HADS)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This website provides real-time data acquisition and data distribution system and site meta-data to U.S. National Weather Service. There are more than 15,000 data points which give weather data observations.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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