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Watershed Central: An Integrated Watershed Assessment and Management Website (MO presentation)
Citation:
WILLIAMS, J. R. AND S. LEHMAN. Watershed Central: An Integrated Watershed Assessment and Management Website (MO presentation). Presented at The EPA 2008 Wetlands and Watersheds Conference, Kansas City, MO, April 07 - 11, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
to develop an integrated framework for providing watershed managers and decision-makers with the databases, models, decision support tools, and other resources needed to develop, implement and evaluate watershed management plans.
Description:
The U.S. EPA’s Office of Water (OW), Office of Research and Development (ORD), and Office of Environmental Information (OEI) have teamed together with other Federal Agencies, state and local agencies, tribal agencies, and non-government organizations, to develop an integrated framework for providing watershed managers and decision-makers with the databases, models, decision support tools, and other resources needed to develop, implement and evaluate watershed management plans. This framework is the basis for organizing a centralized website to provide access to modeling and decision support tools and resources. Based on findings from a development workshop held in January 2007, several tools and resources have been identified as useful by a wide range of watershed managers. This workshop provided a baseline for what would be incorporated within Watershed Central, and identified gaps where additional tools and resources are needed and the research required to address those gaps. Development teams have been constituted and the prototype for Watershed Central is to be available by late Spring 2008. Ultimately, Watershed Central will result in being a valuable resource to local watershed managers, and a feedback mechanism for Agency decision-makers to use in the prioritization of research and technical support/technology transfer needs.