Directory of Rivers and Streams Resources

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Subcategories

• Floods and Floodplains
• Hydropower
• River Restoration
• Watershed Councils

Resources in This Category

• 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.

• EPA's Surf Your Watershed

  http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/
  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.

• 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.

• International Rivers

  http://www.internationalrivers.org/
  Organization working to halt destructive river infrastructure projects, address the legacies of existing projects and improve development policies and practices.

• 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.

• River Network

  http://www.rivernetwork.org/
  Committed to solving river problems through grassroots citizen action. through private land owners and public agencies. Resources for local groups, grants for local projects, and details of the conservation project from Boulder, Colorado.

• River Research and Applications

  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1535-1467
  International journal of basic and applied scientific research on biological, ecological, geomorphological, hydrological, engineering and geographical aspects of rivers. Free access to abstracts.

• River World

  http://www.riverworld.bcit.ca/
  Dedicated to the conservation and improved management of waterways worldwide. News bulletins and pictures.

• Rivers of the World: Their Beauty and Majesty

  http://web.bryant.edu/~langlois/ecology/riversproject.htm
  Provides comparative ecological and other information about 16 of the world's major rivers: Congo, Mississippi, Columbia, Blackstone, Volga, Ganges, Pawtuxet, Connecticut, Colorado, Amazon, Missouri, Murray-Darling, Hudson, Nile, Euphrates, and Housatonic.

• Stream Systems Technology Center

  http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/
  USDA Forest Service organization that develops and implements methodologies for study of stream hydrology. Site provides information about physical aspects of wildland streams, especially fluvial geomorphology.

• The National Rivers Website

  http://www.nationalrivers.org/
  Provides information on canoeing, kayaking, fly-fishing, rafting, river conservation, river access, and river navigability law.

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Real-Time Water Data

  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
  Links to USGS sites across the United States serving data on real-time streamflow via satellite and modem.

• U.S. Geological Survey Surface-Water Field Techniques Training Class

  http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/sws/SWTraining/FlashFandR/Index.html
  Online course provides a basic understanding of techniques the USGS uses to collect streamflow data.

• UK Rivers Network

  http://www.ukrivers.net/
  Network of river groups in the UK and Ireland. News and a message board for the UK rivers community.

• Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - About the Upper Mississippi River System

  http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/umesc_about/about_umrs.html
  General description of and information about the 1,300-mile Upper Mississippi River System. Includes heritage, economic, and environmental information and details of current threats faced by the river.

• World Fish Migration Day

  http://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/
  Reports from the one day global event from around the worldwide, intend to raise awareness of conservation and restoration projects. Includes video and links to social media.

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