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Search through hundreds of publications, recorded webinars, newsletters, tools, and templates to support your water work. Explore specific topics using the icons below, or if you’re not sure what you need, use the search bar. Type in keywords like “strategic planning,” “State Revolving Fund,” or “data collection.” The resources included here are intended to help you advance your work and spark innovation and new ideas.
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Featured Resources
- Building Blocks of Trust – how community organizations and utilities can work together.
- Colorado SMP – everything you’d ever need to know about stream management planning in Colorado.
- Equitable Infrastructure Toolkit – learn to advocate for equitable water infrastructure in your community.
- Tools for Equitable Climate Resilience – how to perform community-led research and support local leaders to advance climate resilience.
- Waste in Our Waters: A Community Toolkit for Aquatic Litter Removal – one-stop shop for building a litter removal program.
- The Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual – the quintessential, transformational tool on how YOU can use the CWA to protect your waters.
- State Revolving Fund Advocacy Toolkit – a comprehensive guide for advocates looking to get up to speed on the SRF process.
- Effective Organizations – a five-part learning series on everything from board governance, to volunteer management, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and more.
Looking for information on specific state-level water policies? Explore the State Policy Hub!
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2016 Trends Report: Our Water, Our Future – State of River and Watershed Protection
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, ReportsThe 2016 Trends Report Our Water, Our Future – State of River and Watershed Protection outlines current conditions of waterways in the U.S. including opportunities and threats to water quality and quantity, and provides an analysis of the diversity of… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 22 Number 1 & 2, 2012: Monitoring for Protection and Restoration
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Monitoring for Protection & Restoration by Barb Horn 3 Letter from the President 9 Biological Knowledge & Understanding by Susan P. Davies 14 Data to Action, Southern Style by Dr. Bill Deutsch 18 Effective Communication of D… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 19 Number 2, 2009: Invasive Species
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Invasive Species by Chris Dionigi, Ph.D 3 From the President 7 Clean Angling Pledge 11 Reframing Invasive Species Managment by Read D. Porter 16 Riverine Early Detectors by Laura MacFarland 20 Voices from the Field 24 Collaborating… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 17 Number 1&2, 2007: Data Tracking for River Organizations
Program: Strong Organizations & Leaders, Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Data Tracking for River Organizations by Laura Quinn 3 From the President 9 It’s All in the Contract by Laura Alex 10 Don’t Get Fooled Again by Sean Larkin 18 Voices from the Field 20 Case Study: Colorado Water Quality Monitoring … View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 15 Number 3-4, 2005: Protecting Rivers From the Groundwater Up
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Protecting Our Rivers from the Groundwater Up by Thomas C. Winter, Judson W. Harvey, O. Lehn Franke & William M. Alley 3 From the President 10 Working with the USGS by W.F. Horak & G.V. Steele 16 Case Study: The Importance o… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 14 Number 3, 2004: Effects of Stormwater Runoff From Development
Program: Resilient Cities & Communities, Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Effects of Stormwater Runoff from Development by Robert Pitt, P.E. Ph.D. 3 From the President 8 Facts and Figures Related to Runoff 9 Strategies & Approaches by Betsy Otto, Sally Bethea, Hye Yeong Kwon, and George S. Hawkins 1… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 14 Number 1, 2004: Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters by Steve Dickens 3 From the President 7 Campaign Strategies by Lois Gibbs 10 Water Quality Criteria and Human Health by Steve Dickens 13 Risky Business by Mary O’Brien 16 Community-based Health… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 12 Number 4, 2002: Visual Surveys and Assessments: An Overview
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 Visual Surveys & Assessments: An Overview by Geoff Dates 3 From the President 8 Stop, Look and Listen: Aquatic Habitat Assessment Monitoring for Erosion Monitoring with Streamwalks Monitoring for Invasive Species Following the F… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 12 Number 1, 2001: The Power of Maps
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Power of Maps by Melinda Laituri 3 From the President 6 CASE STUDY: Mapping Your Membership by Elliot Olsen 7 GIS for River Groups by Amy Haak 11 CASE STUDY: Mendenhall Watershed Partnership by Cheryl Van Dyke 12 Mapmaker, M… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 10 Number 3+4, 1999-2000: Understanding How Rivers Work
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Understanding How Rivers Work by Don Elder 3 From the President 6 Watershed Health 101 13 Getting Started by Geoff Dates by Geoff Dates 19 The Wide World of Volunteer Monitoring by Eleanor Ely 22 Missouri Stream Team by Tim Rielly 24 GREEN: Helping Y… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 9 Number 1, 1998: Riparian Buffers
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices1 Rationale, Strategies and Resources for Restoring and Protecting Streamside Corridors by Sarah Faulkner Leff 3 From the President 7 What is a Buffer? by River Network Staff 8 Ecology of Natural Riparia by George Constantz 11 Guidelines for Gatherin… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 8 Number 3, 1997: Establishing Watershed Benchmarks
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, Tools and TemplatesTable of Contents 1 Establishing Watershed Benchmarks by Don Elder 3 From the President Planning for Success by Ken Margolis 9 Assessing Your Organization: How strong is it? by Liz Raisbeck 11 Evolution of Broad-based Watershed Initiatives: Measures of… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 7 Number 4, 1997: The Watershed Approach
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents 1 The Watershed Approach: 100 Years in Coming by Christopher N. Brown 3 From the President by Phil Wallin 8 Nanticoke Watershed Alliance by Lisa Jo Frech 11 Chagrin River Watershed Partners by Rita Haberman with Rich Cochran 14 The L… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 6 Number 1, 1995: Using Economics as a River Conservation Tool
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River VoicesTable of Contents: 1 – Using Economics as a River Conservation Tool by Stephen 0. Andersen, J. Glenn Eugster, and Rolf Diamant 3 – Letter from the President by Phillip Wallin 5 – Economic and Symbolic River Values by Phillip Wallin 8 – Putting River E… View Resource ›
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River Voices Volume 3 Number 1, 1992: Protecting River Corridors
Program: Water Science
Resource Type: Publications, River Voices