Posts for tag "stream monitoring"
Tracking Stream Network Changes with Year-round Sampling in the Lamprey River Watershed
Across the United States, a collaborative project among five universities is studying the dynamics of streams as they expand and contract. This increasingly important, but historically underresearched, characteristic of stream flow is being investigated through the Department...
- Posted November 26, 2025
Monitoring Northern Idaho Watersheds Helps Keep Them Wild and Pristine
Northern Idaho is a land sparse with people, but bountiful with lakes, forests, and mountains. Up in the Northern Rocky Mountains, countless streams and rivers slice through the landscape, cascading from peaks to the tranquil valleys below....
- Posted October 22, 2025
Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms in Green Bay’s Fox River
Green Bay, Wisconsin, has long faced water quality concerns, dating back decades to when the region was industrialized and waste was frequently flowing into the Fox River, a tributary of the bay. Nutrient loads from development and...
- Posted October 13, 2025
Protecting Natural Ecosystem Processes in Florida’s Urban Stormwater Ponds
Florida is a state rife with nature, with three national parks, 1,350 miles of coastline, and thousands of lakes and rivers. Yet, among the natural beauty in mainland America’s southernmost state is rapid urban development and sprawl....
- Posted September 8, 2025
Partners for Clean Streams: Monitoring Water Quality in Northwest Ohio and Fostering Community Engagement
Growing up around a highly frequented yet often-polluted state lake in his hometown, Jesse Stock learned early on that the protection of freshwater resources and stewardship of the natural world build stronger, more connected communities united by...
- Posted July 16, 2025
Restoring North Texas Streams to Historical Flows
North Texas is one of the fastest-growing regions in the state, an area that is expected to face increasing water needs. In order to meet these demands, the Upper Trinity Regional Water District (UTRWD) is building Lake...
- Posted June 9, 2025
Wildfires and Wildlife: Relocating Coastal Rainbow Trout to the Arroyo Seco Stream
Human interaction has negatively impacted the hundreds of streams that run through Southern California. Man-made river and stream diversions, channeling, and damming have changed the physical and chemical characteristics of these waterways. In addition to physical impairments,...
- Posted February 10, 2025
High Definition Stream Surveys: Informed Management in Local Waterways
When it comes to environmental monitoring, new stream survey methodologies have revealed a great deal about water quality and streambed conditions over time. Such information can be particularly important in leading restoration initiatives and prioritizing management decisions. Historically, stream surveys have...
- Posted July 1, 2024
New Technologies Reducing Uncertainty in Estimation of River Flow
Deploying new technologies and modeling could allow field scientists and others to collect data often under safer conditions.
- Posted August 16, 2019
