Water: Healthy Watersheds
Publications
This page contains links to publications useful for understanding and protecting healthy watersheds.
- Background
- Green Infrastructure
- Hydroecology
- Biotic Condition
- Geomorphology
- Integrated Assessments
- Outreach Tools
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Background
Baron, J. S., Poff, N. L., Angermeier, P. L., Dahm, C. N., Gleick, P. H., Hairston, N. G., et al. (2003). Sustaining Healthy Freshwater Ecosystems. Issues in Ecology. Number 10 (PDF). (18 pp, 279K)
Doppelt, Robert; Scurlock, Mary; Frissell, Chris; Karr, James. (1993) Entering the Watershed: A New Approach To Save America's River Ecosystems.
Island Press. Washington D.C.
Ernst, C., Gullick, R., & Nixon, K. (2004). Protecting the Source: Conserving Forests to Protect Water. Opflow , 30(5) (PDF). (5 pp, 484K)
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment. (2005). Ecosystems and Human Well-Being. Washington D.C.: Island Press.
The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. (2008). The State of the Nation's Ecosystems.
Thorp, J.H., Thoms, M.C., DeLong, M.D. (2006). The Riverine Ecosystem Synthesis: Biocomplexity in River Networks Across Space and Time. River Research ad Applications. 22: 123-147 (PDF) (25 pp, 276K)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2003). Watershed Analysis and Management (WAM) Guide for States and Communities. EPA publication 841B03007 (PDF) (357 pp, 6.44MB)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2006).Wadeable Streams Assessment A Collaborative Survey of the Nation’s Streams. Office of Water and Office of Research and Development. EPA 841-B-06-002.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2008). Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters. Office of Water. Nonpoint Source Control Branch. Washington, D.C. EPA 841-B-05-005.
Vannote, R.L., G.W. Minshall, K.W. Cummins, J.R. Sedell, and C.E. Cushing. (1980). The River Continuum Concept. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37:130-137 (PDF). (8 pp, 934K)
Green Infrastructure
Benedict, M. A., & McMahon, E. T. (2006). Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communitities. Island Press.
Duerksen, Christopher and Snyder, Cara. Nature Friendly Communities, Habitat Protection, and Land Use Planning. Washington, D.C., Island Press, 2005.
Forman, R. T. T. Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
The Conservation Fund. (2009) Green Infrastructure Case Study Series <broken link>
The Heritage Conservancy. (2008). Growing with Green Infrastructure (PDF). <broken link> (20 pp, 4.54MB)
The Nature Conservancy. (2008). The Active River Area: A Conservation Framework for Protecting Rivers and Streams (PDF). <broken link> (64 pp, 4.84MB)
Hydroecology
Arthington, Angela H, SE Bunn, NL Poff and RJ Naiman. (2006). The Challenge of Providing Environmental Flow Rules to Sustain River Ecosystems. Ecological Applications 16(4): 1311-1318 (PDF). <broken link> (12 pp, 151K)
Ernst, C., Gullick, R., & Nixon, K. (2004). Protecting the Source: Conserving Forests to Protect Water. Opflow , 30(5). (5 pp, 484K)
Fausch, K.D., C.E. Torgersen, C.V. Baxter, and H.W. Li. (2002). Landscapes to Riverscapes: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Conservation of Stream Fishes. BioScience 52:483-498 (PDF). (16 pp, 1.53MB)
Poff, N.L., J.D. Allan, M. B. Bain, J.R. Karr, K.L. Prestegaard, B. Richter, R. Sparks, and J. Stromberg. (1997). The Natural Flow Regime: a new paradigm for riverine conservation and restoration. BioScience , 47: 769-784 (PDF). (16 pp, 3.47MB).
Richter, B.D., J.V. Baumgartner, J. Powell, and D.P. Braun. (1996). A Method for Assessing Hydrologic Alteration within Ecosystems. Conservation Biology. 10:1163-1174. <broken link>
The Nature Conservancy. (2008). Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration. Fact Sheet (PDF). (4 pp, 228K)
Biotic Condition
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. (2006). National Fish Habitat Action Plan (PDF). (28 pp, 2.18 MB).
Jelks, H.L., S.J. Walsh, N.M., Burkhead, S. Contreras-Balderas, E. Diaz-Pardo, D.A. Hendrickson, J. Lyons, N.E. Mandrak, F. McCormick, J.S. Nelson, S.P. Platania, B.A. Porter, C.B. Renaud, J.J. Schmitter-Soto, E.B. Taylor, and M.L. Warren, Jr. (2008). Conservation Status of Imperiled North American Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes. Fisheries , 33(8): 372-407 (PDF) (60 pp, 6.34MB).
Karr, J. R. (1981). Assessment of Biotic Integrity Using Fish Communities. Fisheries , 6: 21-27 (PDF). <broken link> (7 pp, 533K)
Master, Lawrence L., Stephanie R. Flack, and Bruce A. Stein, eds. (1998). Rivers of Life: Critical Watersheds for Protecting Freshwater Biodiversity. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia (PDF). (77 pp, 7.26MB).
Geomorphology
Montgomery, D. R., & Buffington, J. M. (1998). Channel Processes, Classification, and Response. River Ecology and Management. 13-42 (PDF). (30 pp, 837K).
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Stream Geomorphic Assessment Program Introduction (PDF). (11 pp, 221K).
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. (2008). River Corridor Protection Guide (PDF). (25 pp, 1.5MB).
Integrated Assessments
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2002). A Framework for Assessing and Reporting on Ecological Condition. Science Advisory Board (PDF). (142 pp, 1.4MB).
Outreach Tools
Baron, J. S., Poff, N. L., Angermeier, P. L., Dahm, C. N., Gleick, P. H., Hairston, N. G., et al. (1997). Ecosystem Services: Benefits Supplied to Human Societies by Natural Ecosystems. Issues in Ecology. Number 2 (PDF). (18 pp, 543K).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2003). Getting in Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns. EPA 841-B-03-002 (PDF). (136 pp, 3.27MB).
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2002). Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place. EPA 842-B-01-003.
Wilbur, J. (2006). Getting Your Feet Wet with Social Marketing: A Social Marketing Guide for Watershed Programs. Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (PDF). (142 pp, 1.4MB).