Over the past five years the Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project has focused on collaborative watershed management through hydrologic, ecologic, and social science research, education, and partnerships. This fact sheet describes the flow of water in Rookery Bay and makes management recommendations to restore freshwater flows to the Rookery Bay watershed.

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Over the past five years the Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project has focused on collaborative watershed management through hydrologic, ecologic, and social science research, education, and partnerships. This 4-page newsletter summarizes the research to inform management decisions within the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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Over the past five years the Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary Project has focused on collaborative watershed management through hydrologic, ecologic, and social science research, education, and partnerships. This 2-page newsletter aids stakeholders and managers in understanding the fisheries of Rookery Bay and the issues affecting their status.

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Over the last five years Restoring Rookery Bay Estuary Project has focused on collaborative watershed management through hydrologic, ecologic, and social science research, education, and partnerships. This 2-page newsletter identifies the complexity of water use in Rookery Bay and provides management recommendations on balancing ecosystem health with flood prevention and drinking water.

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This newsletter summarizes the outcomes from the workshop to develop the Bita River Basin Report Card. This is one of three tributaries to the Orinoco River that report cards are being developed for in Colombia, and the second workshop for this effort. Values, threats, and indicators were the key items determined in the three day workshop that took place in Puerto Carreño, Colombia.

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Este boletín resume los resultados del taller para desarrollar el Reporte de la cuenca del río Bita. Este es uno de los tres afluentes del río Orinoco que las boletas de calificaciones se están desarrollando en Colombia, y el segundo taller para este esfuerzo. Los valores, las amenazas y los indicadores fueron los elementos clave determinados en el taller de tres días que tuvo lugar en Puerto Carreño, Colombia.

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This newsletter describes the diverse ecosystems and the issues and threats surrounding the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in southwest Florida. The Rookery Bay NERR covers 110,000 acres of coastal lands and waters in Collier County on the Gulf coast of Florida. The Reserve takes its name from the mangrove rookery islands that serve as a roost and nesting site for dozens of coastal birds. Learn more about the Rookery Bay Reserve and its ecosystems in this newsletter!

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This newsletter summarizes the outcomes from the first workshop to develop the Meta River Basin Report Card. This is one of three tributaries to the Orinoco River that report cards are being developed for in Colombia. Values, threats, and indicators were the key items determined in the three day workshop that took place in Puerto Lopez, Colombia.

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Este boletín resume los resultados del primer taller para desarrollar el Reporte de la cuenca del río Meta. Este es uno de los tres afluentes del río Orinoco que las boletas de calificaciones se están desarrollando en Colombia. Los valores, las amenazas y los indicadores fueron los elementos clave determinados en el taller de tres días que tuvo lugar en Puerto López, Colombia.

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A scenario planning exercise focused on climate change, land use, and moose in the Northeast U.S. is being undertaken by the Wildlife Conservation Society, North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Northeast Climate Science Center (U.S. Geological Survey), and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Phase 1 of the scenario planning process involves the identification of key features and drivers within the focus system.

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