The-141d ago
Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain
#Forest #ForestLoss #Watersheds #Environment #Rivers #ClimateScience #SustainableForestry #LoggingImpact #Rain #Hydrology #ForestManagement #NatureProtection #EcosystemHealth #Water #Deforestation
https://the-14.com/why-forest-loss-is-making-our-watersheds-leak-rain/
Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain | The-14

Forest loss is making watersheds “leak” rain, study finds. Managing forest patterns can reduce runoff, sustain streams, and maintain watershed integrity.

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DoomsdaysCWMar 22

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@GreenShores/116211137451664562

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#Watersheds #Estuaries #WaterIsLife #RestoreWetlands #Restoration

DoomsdaysCWMar 22

RE: https://spore.social/@rewildingmag/116190861433163006

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday and #WorldWaterDay !

#Rewilding #Watersheds

OccuWorldMar 17

Oil Regulators Found Hundreds of Wells Violating Oklahoma Rules. Then They Ignored Their Findings.

https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-injection-wells-oil-regulators-database

revealing a pattern of rule violations by oil and gas companies that state regulators allowed to continue...

#Oklahoma #OilRegulators #PollutionCollusion #GovernmentCrime #CorporateCrime #Poison #WaterSheds #Corruption #Politics #USA

Rewilding MagazineMar 8

"As predators at the top of the chain, #otters help regulate fish and invertebrate numbers.

"Their presence signals something deeper, too: the #water is clean, the system productive, the ecosystem whole enough to support them again."

#rewilding #greatlakes #watersheds #ecology

https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-river-otters-remarkable-comeback/

The River Otter's Remarkable Comeback

In North America’s Great Lakes region, river otters are coming back from the brink thanks to decades of effort on both sides of the border.

Rewilding Magazine
LM LittleFeb 14

Good to see this BUT where is the protective legislation and penalties for greedy, thirsty corporations? https://cabinradio.ca/279440/news/environment/land-water/canada-water-agency-gives-1m-to-mackenzie-river-protection/

#WaterisLife #watersheds #NWT #SubArctic #Boreal #Canada

Canada Water Agency gives $1M to Mackenzie River protection

Life's Better at the Cabin

Cabin Radio
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦Feb 8

“The watersheds most affected by declining snow water were the Okanagan in B.C., the Assiniboine-Red River basin in Manitoba and the Saskatchewan River basin.”

This will intensify.
#ClimateChange #Snowpack #Canada #Watersheds #WaterSupply
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/winter-snow-climate-water-9.7078119

Winter snow is declining in key watersheds across Canada, raising concerns about future water supply | CBC News

Declining snowpack can affect everything from municipal water systems and agriculture to lake levels, shipping and wildfire risk in Canada’s forests.

CBC
💧🌏 Greg CocksJan 29
Remote Sensing and GIS Assessment of Drought Dynamics in the Ukrina River Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17020124 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #drought #risk #hazard #remotesensing #MODIS #satellite #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #monitoring #Ukrina #RiverBasin #Bosnia #Herzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #water #waterresources #socioeconomic #risk #hazard #cost #economics #agriculture #foodsecurity #watersecurity #landcover #vegetation #croplands #fruit #crops #metrology #hydrology #droughtexposure #basins #riverbasins #watersheds #monitoring #mitigation #planning #droughtrisk
Chris AlemanyJan 19

My iPad picks random nature shots from my photo library as lock and Home Screen images. Smiled when I saw this one… not really a “nature shot”, but it is a nice reminder of a time when I made a local private forest company quite upset. 😂 😠 🌲 💧

#Mosaic #portalberni #forestry #water #watersheds

💧🌏 Greg CocksJan 15
Functional Floodplain Explorer [USA]
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https://seal-app-r7cbc.ondigitalocean.app/ <-- shared Functional Floodplain Explorer webmap
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https://seal-app-r7cbc.ondigitalocean.app/NFFA_Tutorial.pdf <-- shared web map tutorial
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https://seal-app-r7cbc.ondigitalocean.app/NFFA_MethodOverview.pdf <-- shared methodology overview
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https://seal-app-r7cbc.ondigitalocean.app/NFFA_ExeSummary.pdf <-- shared executive summary of the project, spatial datasets, etc
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https://youtu.be/XiX_1vimFcs?si=HBUl0Bb6zdtzSLE2 <-- American Rivers Restoring Floodplains, including economics and damage
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[this post is intended to share a US National mapping / hydrology resource, etc]
#water #hydrology #USA #National #CONUS #Alaska #Hawaii #functional #floodplains #webpab #GIS #spatial #mapping #conservation #freshwater #surfacewater #humanimpacts #risk #hazard #cost #economics #infrastructure #NationalFunctionalFloodplainsAssessment #flood #flooding #protection #mitigation #restoration #network #connectivity #natural #watersheds #protection #alteration #engineering #flow #river #waterbody #extremeweather #spatialanalysis
#AmericanRivers | #ConservationSciencePartners