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Alternative Stream Research - a Photo Study
http://www.tostreams.org/
Sample photos of stream projects in the US, plus a large collection of links to other websites.

American Heritage Rivers
http://www.epa.gov/rivers/
U.S. government program to protect and restore America's rivers and their watersheds. Includes information to help local communities become involved in river projects.

American Rivers
http://www.americanrivers.org
American Rivers is a national non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's rivers and to fostering a river stewardship ethic.

American Whitewater
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/
American Whitewater aims to conserve and restore America's whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely. Activities include education, conservation, events, safety, and river access.

Asian International Rivers Center
http://airc.ynu.edu.cn
The AIRC is a research center attached to Yunnan University in Kunming, China. It was founded to conduct research, develop information and decision support tools, and build human capacity.

Australian Conservation Foundation: Rivers and Water Campaign
http://www.acfonline.org.au/asp/pages/intro.asp?idTopic=14
ACF's Healthy Rivers and Waters campaign aims to improve the quality of rivers and return them to their natural state. Includes information about restoring the Murray Darling and Snowy rivers and campaigns against dams in Australia.

British Columbia (BC) and Yukon River Levels
http://scitech.pyr.ec.gc.ca/water/Map.asp
Real time river level information in British Columbia and Yukon Territory, from Environment Canada.

Collective Betterment Environmental
http://www.collbett.org/dam_removal.htm
Scientists are working on issues related to the geomorphic and ecological effects of dam removal. Listserv offers information on recent dam removals.

Dr. Robert N. Crittenden
http://www.usintouch.com/pwp/robertc/
Essays on the management of land and water sheds in Western Washington State.

Environment Agency of England and Wales
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
UK government agency concerned mainly with rivers, flooding, and pollution. Site includes public information and educational materials, "What's in your backyard?" pollution database, and current flood warnings for the UK.

EPA's Surf Your Watershed
http://www.epa.gov/surf/
Environmental Protection Agency's service to help citizens locate environmental information about their local regions. Includes atlas of watersheds, how to adopt your local watershed, and watershed indicators.

EUROCAT European Catchments and their Impact on the Coast
http://www.iia-cnr.unical.it/EUROCAT/project.htm
An EU-funded project that aims to achieve integrated catchment management and sustainable use of water resources at a catchment scale. Focuses on three coastal seas (Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea) and six associated river catchments (Vistula, Elbe, Rhine, Humber, Po, and Axios).

European Rivers Network: RiverNet
http://www.rivernet.org
Mainly European information on river-basins, ecological projects, organizations working on rivers, and threats to rivers. Includes comprehensive page of European river links. Multilingual site.

Freshwater Data Tables: World Resources Institute
http://earthtrends.wri.org/datatables/index.cfm?theme=2
Definitive statistical tables from World Resources 2000-2001 covering Freshwater Resources and Withdrawals, Groundwater and Desalinization, and Major Watersheds of the World. (Tables are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format only.)

Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN)
http://www.earthforce.org/section/programs/green/
Award-winning, international education program that involves young people in hands-on river education, conservation, and restoration projects.

Healthy Rivers
http://www.healthy-rivers.com/
An organization of citizens who are worried about negative impact on the environment caused by rafting.

International Rivers Network
http://www.irn.org/index.html
IRN campaigns for sustainable development practices and conservation of rivers and their watersheds throughout the world.

Montana Water Trust
http://www.montanawatertrust.org
A private, nonprofit trust that works cooperatively with landowners to increase tributary flow to benefit Montana's native fish species.

National Weather Service Hydrologic Information Center
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/
Current hydrologic conditions, flood summaries, river forecasts, and related information for the U.S. Also links to other hydrometeorological information resources.

NOAA Advanced River Forcast Center
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps/rfc.php
Advanced hydrologic prediction service providing links to thirteen US regional river forecast centers where floods and/or droughts are forecast hours to months into the future.

NSADP: Northern Sinai Agricultural Development Program
http://www.geocities.com/khodari/index0.html
Examines political and environmental issues surrounding a proposed irrigation project in Egypt, the effect on the River Nile, and the possibility of "water wars" between Egypt and other countries who depend on the Nile.

Patapsco River Conservation Project
http://www.geocities.com/mare1348/patapscoriverenvironmentcleanupbaltimoreharborcleanwater.html
A conservation effort cleaning this Maryland river. Includes a brief history, timeline, famous events, environmental news, updates, photos, and pictures.

Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems: Freshwater Systems
http://biodiv.wri.org/pubs_content.cfm?PubID=3056
The World Resources Institute reports that the world's freshwater ecosystems are dangerously degraded. Provided as HTML and PDF.

Regulated Rivers: Research & Management
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0886-9375/
International journal of interdisciplinary research into river management, including the effects of major dams, weirs, canalization, and water transfers. Free access to abstracts of back issues.

Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration: A Literature Summary
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/ripareco/ripareco.htm
An overview of the status of riparian ecosystems in the U.S. and guidelines for restoring and creating them.

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