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
U.S. Drought Monitor Statistics
Published:
January 1, 2014National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.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
Published:
January 1, 2014interactive display of drought impacts on state scale (agriculture, fire, water supply, society & public health, etc.)Read more
University of Nebraska Public Policy Center
Published:
January 1, 2014Robert 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
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska Water-Related Research Database
Published:
January 1, 2013Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
A comprehensive online repository of Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln water-related Nebraska research Read more
Center for Advanced Land Management Technologies (CALMIT)
Published:
January 1, 2014Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
Several DWFI faculty fellows collaborate with CALMIT in the areas of remote sensing, GIS and GPS to improve land management strategies.Read more
Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Published:
June 1, 2004Robert 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
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United StatesNorth AmericaManaging 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
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United StatesNorth AmericaWeather 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
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United StatesNorth AmericaHydrometeorological 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
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