http://www.teleport.com/~rivernet/leff.htm

A page with links to Riparian Buffer Zone information

http://www.unl.edu/agnicpls/wqrip.html

An extensive web-site created by the USGS with literature review on riparian restoration. Literature review seems to be a little out of date.

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/ripareco/ripareco.htm

http://glinda.cnrs.humboldt.edu/wmchome/rip_bib/rip_index.html

Has easy-to-understand, nicely illustrated descriptions of basic stream concepts.

http://octopus.gma.org/streams/streams.html

Watershed basics presented in easy-to-understand manner, with informative graphics.

http://octopus.gma.org/streams/whatis.html

GREEN is working with EcoNet to compile pointers to water-related resources on the Internet. Here are some starting points for "getting your feet wet":

http://www.igc.apc.org/green/resources.html

Download restoration manual

http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/

Information for residents and businesses on how to care for your stream.

http://www.rivernetwork.org/strcare.htm

The Center for Watershed Protection works with local, state, and federal governmental agencies, environmental consulting firms, watershed organizations, and the general public to provide objective and scientifically sound information on effective techniques to protect and restore urban watersheds. The Center also acts as a technical resource for local and state governments around the country to develop more effective urban stormwater and watershed protection programs.

http://www.pipeline.com/~mrrunoff/

An extensive compilation of "tools," from data analysis methods to funding sources to basic information on watershed restoration.

http://www.epa.gov/docs/owowwtr1/watershed/

tools/index.html

Lists agencies involved in restoration and links to their www sites. Also lists restoration projects by state.

http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/

Executive summary of this document. Has link to entire document.

http://www.epa.gov/owowwtr1/NPS/Ecology/exsum.html

CTIC is a nonprofit, information/data transfer center that promotes environmentally and economically beneficial natural resource systems.

http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/KYW.exe

Great articles on watershed issues.

http://watershed.org/wmchome/

http://www.habitat-restoration.com/index.html

Bibliographies put out by same group

http://www.habitat-restoration.com/litbibs.htm

http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pl566/WSM.html

"The Oregon Plan represents an unprecedented undertaking on the part of the State of Oregon to restore our state's salmon and trout resources. Our goal is to restore populations and fisheries to productive and sustainable levels that will provide substantial environmental, cultural, and economic benefits."

http://www.oregon-plan.org/

Restoration case studies

http://www.hort.agri.umn.edu/h5015/rrr.htm

Reports on water issues in the West.

http://www.den.doi.gov/wwprac/reports/west.htm

Forest Service and NRCS page that explains why buffers are important and how they function to dampen the effects of agriculture on a stream.

http://waterhome.tamu.edu/texasyst/agroforestrynotes/afnote3.htm

http://www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov/nhcp_2.html

The USEPA has a page on ways to reduce non-point source pollution. The first link is a description of how to reduce the impacts of grazing on stream water quality, and the second is managing agriculture to reduce impacts to streams.

http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/MMGI/Chapter2/ch2-2e.html

A graduate student paper that hypothesizes that widespread use of the same set of grazing standards over large areas and entire grazing allotments cannot be considered a reliable basis for monitoring efforts because of the natural variation occurring within and between streams in the same watershed.

http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/ag/stream.html

Has information on best management practices for agriculture.

http://geb.isis.vt.edu/SWAMP/als5984/notes/notes4.html

Information and principles on sustainable agriculture.

http://octopus.gma.org/streams/whatis.html

A report on a study conducted to determine what streambank stabilization methods work best.

http://www.rwrp.umt.edu/PROJECTS/STAFFPROJECTS/SP04.html

This page is a strongly opinionated piece criticizing instream restoration efforts.

http://webpages.marshall.edu/~ragette2/streamre.html

Information on topics covered in conference and how to order a publication of proceedings.

http://water.usgs.gov/public/wicp/proceedings.html

Information and databases from California on monitoring. Has links to documents such as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Timber/Fish/Wildlife Monitoring document.

http://ceres.ca.gov/watershed/assessment_monitoring.html

This page addresses methods and tools to monitor, assess, and report on the health of America's water resources, and software and automated information systems to manage monitoring data.

http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/monitoring/

http://www.teleport.com/~rivernet/dams.htm

http://www.igc.apc.org/wisrivers/smldam.html

This web site includes position statements from a wide variety of interests on this issue

http://www.cyberlearn.com/remove.htm