Binational.net is a collaboration between the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada, to provide a single window on joint Great Lakes programs. The governments of...
Predominantly a high-altitude desert, the Great Basin is surprisingly full of life. Several USGS projects are profiled, including conserving the greater sage-grouse, determining rangeland health,...
This Web site explores the links between EPA programs and bird conservation.
(?The inclusion of a link on this page does not constitute an endorsement by EPA of any organization's policies or a...
The Center for Limnology was established in July 1982 to plan, conduct, and facilitate inland freshwater research. The Center grew out of almost one hundred years of limnology at the University...
The amount, timing, and form of precipitation (rain, sleet, or snow) directly affect the amount and timing of runoff into rivers and streams, particularly in northern and mountainous areas. If air...
Mountain snow fields act as natural reservoirs for many western water-supply systems, storing precipitation from the cool season, when most precipitation falls and forms snowpacks, until the warm...
The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.6 million acres (174,000 square miles) in parts of eight States - Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The area...
In June 2006, an opportunistic high-flow release was made from Tiber Dam on the Marias River in Montana to investigate possible alternatives for partially restoring the river's natural flow pattern...
In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program began a series of studies in the contiguous United States to examine the effects of urbanization on the chemical,...