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Protecting and restoring America's watersheds: status, trends, and initiatives in watershed management
| Author: |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Date: |
2001 |
| Periodical: |
EPA-840-R-00-001. [Washington, DC]: Office of Water. 54 p. |
| Link: |
http://www.epa.gov/owow/protecting/restore725.pdf
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| Abstract: |
This report considers challenges to watershed health, recent successes of the watershed approach, and obstacles that remain. It was developed by a federal interagency team that worked with local, state, and tribal partners. The report™s descriptions and recommendations represent the opinions of local watershed practitioners, combined with suggestions from studies and reports by academic evaluators and governments. These stakeholders presented their views in roundtable discussions held throughout the country in 1999 and 2000. These Regional Watershed
Roundtables, building blocks to a National Watershed Forum in the summer of 2001, provided opportunities for dialogue about issues, an exchange of information, and collaboration on watershed protection and restoration projects. As of December 31, 2000, more than 1,000 people had participated in regional roundtable discussions at
more than 20 locations. |
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