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The emerging field of watershed protection
| Date: |
1994 |
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Watershed Protection Techniques |
| Abstract: |
The Center for Watershed Protection was founded in 1992 to help link watershed practitioners together, and provide a forum for them to exchange ideas and experiences in the field. The organization's, Watershed Protection Techniques, will be providing reliable and accessible information on practical techniques and tools that are being developed by watershed practitioners across North America. Since watershed practitioners are exceptionally busy people, the bulletin is designed to convey condensed summaries of proven and practical techniques in the briefest possible format. Each issue will contain four sections. The Feature Article section will review emerging watershed protection technologies or summarize key watershed research studies. Open Forum will present contrasting viewpoints on a controversial issue relating to the practice of watershed protection. The Resources section will present reviews of new publications. The heart of Techniques is the Technical Notes, short summaries on the performance of watershed protection tools. These Notes briefly describe field experience on a wide range of techniques including stormwater BMPs, sediment controls, innovative site designs, wetland creation and restoration techniques, urban stream restoration, and the reestablishment of urban forests. Technical Notes summarize tools that have worked well, and those that have not. The primary criterion is that the technique must have been tested in some manner. |
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