Water Resources
 The Water Resources Program at the Center for Urban Ecology (CUE)
provides technical assistance on water resource issues to protect the natural, cultural,
and historic resources of the parks within the National Capital Region (NCR). Anthropogenic
impacts such as urban development have seriously degraded aquatic ecosystems. Innovative
approaches toward restoration and protection, such as long-term ecosystem monitoring, water
quality assessment, geographic information systems (GIS), and data analysis are tools used
by scientists to address aquatic habitat health. Protection of aquatic habitats is also
accomplished through the management of the region's streams, wetlands, floodplains, riparian
corridors, and groundwater systems. Effective water resource preservation, protection, and
management are improved through research and partnerships between the Water Resources Program
and other organizations concerned with the water resources of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Other National Park Service water related websites
NPS Nature and Science - Water Resources
Profiles of Nature and Science in individual parks
Water Monitoring in the National Capital Region
The National Capital Region's long-term water monitoring program is
designed to ensure the National Capital Region's parks possess science-based
information needed for effective resource management.
National Park Service's Eastern Rivers Summit
  Over 110 National Park Service staff met in 2007 at the
National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to discuss
eastern river management issues and capability. The multi-disciplinary group brought
together experts in interpretation, partnerships, water resource specialties, natural
and cultural resource management, and park management from 34 parks, four regions,
and the Washington Office...
The Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
The RTCA is a community resource of the National Park Service whose staff work with community groups and local and State governments to conserve
rivers, preserve open space, and develop trails and greenways.
Hydrologic Cycle
Knowledge Center
This interactive web site
provides an interesting
tour of the hydrolgic cycle.
Karst System Knowledge Center
This interactive web site
describes Karst systems. Antietam National Battlefield has this type of habitat.
Water Information Center
This web site
from the National Academies of Science provides
a portal to important reports from the nation's leading water resources scientists.
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