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Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers - Guide to the Introductory Monitoring Program (Tier 1) (Page 1)

Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers

Guide to the Introductory Monitoring Program (Tier 1)

Suzanne Webster, Bill Dennison ·
31 March 2019

This guide includes detailed instructions for volunteers who are using the Water Reporter platform to collect and submit data for the Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers Introductory Monitoring Program.

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Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers - Pocket Field Guide (Online viewing version) (Page 1)

Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers - Pocket Field Guide (Online viewing version)

Katie May Laumann, Suzanne Webster, Dylan Taillie, Sky Swanson ·
31 March 2019

A pocket-sized SAV species identification guide that also includes a field packing list, protocol reminders, and reference photos of other macrophytes. For use in the field by volunteers participating in the Chesapeake Bay SAV Watchers Introductory and Advanced Monitoring Programs. This version is designed to be viewed on a phone or computer screen.

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Tuul River Basin Report Card 2019 (Page 1)

Tuul River Basin Report Card 2019

Simon Costanzo, Dylan Taillie ·
22 March 2019

The Tuul River Basin Report Card—the first of its kind in Mongolia—assesses the basin's health through social, environmental and economic values that can be tracked over time in response to management actions and/or external pressures. The Tuul River Basin has been evaluated in this assessment as “moderate” health or ‘C’, meaning urgent management interventions are required to maintain the health of the river.

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Conceptual Framework for Assessing Ecosystem Health (Page 1)

Conceptual Framework for Assessing Ecosystem Health

Harwell MA, Gentile JH, McKinney LD, Tunnell Jr JW, Dennison WC, Kelsey RH, Stanzel KM, Stunz GW, Withers K, and Tunnell J ·
2019

Over the past century, the environment of the Gulf of Mexico has been significantly altered and impaired by extensive human activities. A national commitment to restore the Gulf was finally initiated in response to the unprecedented Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Consequently, there is a critical need for an assessment framework and associated set of indicators that can characterize the health and sustainability of an ecosystem having the scale and complexity of the Gulf.

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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment  (Page 1)

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment 

Engelhardt K, Lookingbill T, Bukach N, Latimer M, Ratliff K, Gifford R, Baek J, Hurlbert O, Rizzo A, and Walsh B ·
1 March 2019

Natural Resource Condition Assessments (NRCAs) assess and report on park resource conditions and are meant to complement traditional issue and threat-based resource assessments. NRCAs report on current conditions, trends, and critical data gaps for a subset of natural resource indicators.

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Healthy Rivers for All (Page 1)

Healthy Rivers for All

Brianne Walsh, Alexandra Fries, Heath Kelsey ·
29 January 2019

The world’s waters are threatened by a host of problems. Impacts from human activities like development and overuse are exacerbated by changes in climate and increased competition by different societal interests, putting vulnerable communities and ecosystems at risk. Creating a sustainable balance of water needs for both nature and people is challenging. It will require people that are competing for water resources to work together in new collaborations and partnerships.

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