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Confluence: January 2003, Vol. 5, No. 1
Watershed Media

Tidepool
Tidepool is an online environmental news source based in the Pacific Northwest. Stories are updated every weekday. You can subscribe or just browse the current or past issues by visiting http://www.tidepool.org/home.html

New Tools for Environmental Protection: Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures
This book examines the potential of new tools for environmental regulation that emphasize education, information, and voluntary measures. Contributors provide summaries of the effectiveness of these tools as they are used individually and in combination with regulatory and economic policy instruments. They also extract practical lessons and consider what must be learned to make these tools more effective. The book can be read online at http://www.nap.edu or ordered from the same site for $44.

New Aquatic Insect Guide
A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of America by J. Reese Voshell, Jr. is a new resource for teachers, amateur naturalists, environmentalists, anglers, and others interested in aquatic biology. Anyone interested in stream ecology, water quality, fly fishing, or natural science can find something useful or intriguing in this book. For sample pages, reviews, and ordering information, visit http://www.mwpubco.com/inverts.htm

Real-Time Water Resources Conditions Online
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has implemented a new website offering a real-time display of streamflow conditions measured at USGS gaging stations nationwide and then compared to historical averages. Information on current and recent streamflow is available in map, table or plot form, and can be broken down by state and region. http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch

Watershed Management Guide
Thomas E. Davenport, an Environmental Scientist for the U.S. EPA, has created the Watershed Project Management Guide, a multiphase approach to water resource management that combines biophysical, economic, and social considerations with local knowledge in a collaborative process working towards common goals. The Guide is available for $119.95 from CRC Press Online, which sells this and many additional watershed-related publications at http://crcpress.com.

Forests Matter Section Added to NBC 4 Web site
The NBC4 Weather Net4 web site has a new section on "Forests Matter." Check out the six new chapters at
http://watershed.interactive-environment.com/main/forest.php Also, by clicking on the NBC4 Watershed Project Home page, you can view NBC 4's Chief Meteorologist Bob Ryan interviewing USDA Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth. Chief Bosworth discusses the role of forests and trees in providing healthy watersheds and clean water and the threats to the nation's forests from urbanization, fire, drought, and forest loss from development and other factors. Click on the words next to the little camera icon to see the three-minute video. Be sure to also check out the media features, environmental news archives, and watershed
community involvement calendar at: http://watershed.interactive-environment.com/main/index.php
http://www.watershed.interactive-environment.com/main/calendar.php

(ECHO) – Enforcement and Compliance History Online – US EPA
The U.S. EPA in partnership with state government agencies has developed an online searchable Web database containing environmental compliance and EPA/State enforcement records for approximately 800,000 regulated facilities. ECHO includes inspection reports, violations, enforcement actions, and penalties imposed. Information dated within the past two years is currently accessible using the ECHO system. Visit ECHO at http://www.epa.gov/echo

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