Helpful Links
River Institute
A community partnership among governments, educators, business and industry, and the Mohawks of Akwesasne. Programs to connect with neighbors and build a deeper local appreciation for the scientific, social, economic and spiritual importance of river ecosystems.
Pools & Riffles
https://twitter.com/poolsandriffles
Bob Newbury is an delightful octogenarian (semi-retired river engineer) who frequently posts his whereabouts and river activities.
USGS Gauges
https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html
USGS gauges (active and inactive) surface water, ground water, rain, other…
NOAA Rain Gauge network
FEMA Flood Map Service Center
Earth Explorer
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
USGS mapping and data (including historic aerial imagery)
USGS mapping and data (including historic aerial imagery)
NearMap.com
Aerial imagery (subscription/pay site). Typically around more populated areas, but great resolution.
EPA.gov
https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/level-iii-and-iv-ecoregions-continental-united-states
Level III and IV ecoregion maps and files
EPA Waters Database
for Google Earth
https://www.epa.gov/waterdata/viewing-waters-data-using-google-earth
The WATERSKMZ Tool is a compressed Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file that provides easy access to geospatial WATERS data and services. The current release of the tool requires the use of Google Earth version 5.0 or higher.
SoilWeb Apps
https://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/soilweb-apps/
SoilWeb products can be used to access USDA-NCSS detailed soil survey data (SSURGO) for most of the United States.
USDA Geospatial Data Gateway
https://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
The Geospatial Data Gateway (GDG) provides access to a map library of over 100 high-resolution vector and raster layers in the Geospatial Data Warehouse.
USDA The National Map
https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/
The National Map is a collaborative effort of the United States Geological Survey and other federal, state, and local agencies to improve and deliver topographic information for the United States.
NOAA Data Access Viewer
https://coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#/
Discover, customize, and download authoritative land cover, imagery, and lidar data. Powered by Digital Coast.
USGS Stream Stats
https://streamstats.usgs.gov/ss/
USGS mapping and data (including historic aerial imagery).
Tailwater Limited
http://www.tailwaterlimited.com/
Tailwater is a small, family-owned business founded in 2016 that specializes in water resources and stream restoration.
USGS Water Resources
https://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html
National Water Information System Mapper
Colorado’s Decision Support Systems
https://dwr.state.co.us/tools/stations
Online tools that provide a host of online tools that connect directly to HydroBase, the State's water data.
Hydrology Resource Group
Utah State University
https://hydrology.usu.edu/taudem/taudem5/documentation.html
Hydrologic terrain analysis with parallel processing developed with support from the US Army Corps of Engineers, System-Wide Water Resources Program
Hydrologic Engineering Center's (CEIWR-HEC) River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)
https://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/
This software allows the user to perform one-dimensional steady flow, one and two-dimensional unsteady flow calculations, sediment transport/mobile bed computations, and water temperature/water quality modeling.
Engineering with Nature
Engineering With Nature® is the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaboration.
International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management
https://ewn.erdc.dren.mil/?page_id=4351
The International Guidelines on NNBF for Flood Risk Management provide practitioners with the best available information concerning the conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of NNBF to support resilience and flood risk reduction for coastlines, bays, and estuaries, as well as river and freshwater systems
Streams of Revenue
The Restoration Economy and the Ecosystems It Creates
By Rebecca Lave and Martin Doyle
An analysis of stream mitigation banking and the challenges of implementing market-based approaches to environmental conservation.
A Unified Guide for Crediting Stream and Floodplain Restoration Projects in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Prepared by: David Wood, Tom Schueler, and Bill Stack. September 2021
This guide provides no new technical information , beyond what was approved in the most recent reports and memos. Our goal is to alert readers to the many key changes in the protocols since the original expert panel was approved back in 2014.
Nueces River Authority
This is a great resource explaining the various facets that encompass riparian communities that surround rivers and streams.
It also offers helpful webinars
http://www.remarkableriparian.org/education.php