Many important decisions in American cities are based on careful cost and benefit analysis of options. Yet the values of trees and plants in our urban centers…
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Achieving safe yield, the fundamental objective ofArizona's 1980 Groundwater Management Act (GMA), may prove to be a more elusive goal than once expected.…
At first glance, the term watershed management appears to be self-explanatory, its meaning apparent in its very wording. Watershed management is the managing…
Increased precipitation from El Niño ensures more abund ant vegetative growth, which in turn raises concern about increased fire hazards, especially…
Many U.S. citizens believe that thanks to our advanced technology and enlightened public policy we can consume without risk the food and water that are readily…
Because of El Niño's seemingly late start and uncertain progress, a pattern that did not conform to some early predictions, some people in the…
This year's El Niño already has fully earned its claim to fame; this is the first such event predicted so far in advance. Also, the extent to which…
This special supplement provides news and information about El Niño. In a sense, the publication will serve as an El Niño Times, informing…
The year 1997 marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Colorado River Compact. Delegates from the seven Colorado River Basin states met on November 9,…
A U.S. conservation organization that works with communities to resolve natural resource issues is involved in a community-based project in Mexico to improve…
Consider the phrase "constructed wetlands." Although not a contradiction in terms, the two words make up an unlikely combination. Construction implies a…
Because the Endangered Species Act is concerned with the effects of human activities on the natural environment, the law covers a lot of ground, both real and…
Those who labor in the water resources field may at times feel their efforts to be slighted. Whereas military glories are marked by public monumentsstatues,…
This field manual is intended to serve as a field reference guide for the collection of water quality samples from surface water and ground water. More…
Dedicated to saving plants and animals from extinction, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) also has complicated and far-reaching effects on water policy. As…
