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Global Lessons for Watershed Management in the United States (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Global Lessons for Watershed Management in the United States (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Series: WERF Research Report Series
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Water resource management in the United States is evolving in the
face of continuing challenges to protect water quality, provide
adequate quantities of water for competing uses, and protect
habitat and other natural resources. In many jurisdictions and
agencies this evolution is increasingly leading toward adoption of
watershed management. This approach is characterized by planning
and decision making on a watershed scale, integration of a variety
of competing water resource priorities and goals, cooperation of
multiple stakeholders and governmental agencies, and increased
levels of public participation. While the number and diversity of
watershed management initiatives underway in the United States is
impressive, successful transition to this integrated approach
remains challenging due to institutional, regulatory, and
information barriers. In certain respects - Geographic Information
Systems mapping, wetlands regulations, citizen participation - U.S.
watershed initiatives are highly advanced and serve as models for
efforts around the world. In other respects - cross jurisdictional
coordination and cooperation, agreements on the sharing of
resources, habitat protection and restoration - innovatie
approaches implemented outside the U.S. show great promise and
offer important lessons to U.S. decision makers. This report
identifies the most promising watershed planning and management
approaches from around the world; evaluates how they operate, their
benefits and limitations; and assesses the degree to which these
approaches could be successfully adapted to the U.S. context.
Drawing on this international experience, the report is intended to
inform policy makers and practitioners and to promote the
implementation of integrated watershed management approaches that
are most likely to succeed.
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