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Why Model Your Watershed?

Why Model Your Watershed?

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Environmental organizations and educators are finding more and more emphasis on how to protect our watersheds, monitor them, and bring ...
Lake Nockamixon in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The Relativeness of Water

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In the cosmology of Indigenous cultures, “water is life” holds a deeper, ancient, implicit value beyond its mainstream context ...
Pollution intolerant Stonefly (Family – Chloroperlidae; Genus – Alloperla)

How to See a Stream: Part Two, Stream Monitoring and Impairment

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What can one do to help a stream recover from pollution, protect a stream from degradation, or simply understand what ...
Autumn leaves in a flowing stream.

How to See a Stream: Part One, Stream Health Dynamics

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Streams and the valleys they drain are complex environments. This complexity makes regulating, restoring, and protecting these aquatic systems a ...
Pete Goodman.

An Interview With Pete Goodman

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Wisdom and advice on watershed protection from a prodigious environmental leader you've (possibly) never heard of ...
Saving Primrose Creek

Saving Primrose Creek

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It is January 30, 2021, at 1:35 PM (UTC-5:00). In two hours, streamflow at Phillips Mill, Solebury Township, Bucks County, ...

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Pennsylvania Watershed Organizations Interactive Map

Searching for a watershed organization near you? This online mapping tool can help you find a community watershed organization, watershed alliance, or regional partner. These organizations can help you understand watershed issues and help empower ...
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USGS StreamStats

StreamStats provides access to spatial analytical tools that are useful for water-resources planning and management, and for engineering and design purposes. The map-based user interface can be used to delineate drainage areas, get basin characteristics ...
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Water Reporter

Water Reporter is an app that connects people and organizations working to protect watersheds. The social network of users collect and share water observations and watershed information in an effort to build monitoring campaigns and ...
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