Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News

The Newsletter of the Great Lakes
Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund

Volume 8, Number 2 • March-April 2000

Resources

EPA recently published the Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection (Second Edition), EPA 841-B-99-003.

The Catalog provides information to watershed practitioners on Federal funding programs that might be available to fund different aspects of watershed protection and local-level watershed projects.
Copies of the new funding catalog are available at no charge from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at: Phone: (513) 489-8190 or (800) 490-9198, Fax: (513) 489-8695). (Please include the document number (EPA 841-B-99- 003) when order the document.)
A copy of the Catalog will also be posted as soon as possible on the Watershed Academy’s web site for browsing and downloading at: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/watershed/wacademy/fund.html

Friends of the Chicago River Publishes Voices of the Watershed Handbook

Voices of the Watershed: A Guide to Urban Watershed Management Planning

a handbook on the experiences of the North Branch Watershed Project, is an 83 page handbook designed to assist organizations developing watershed plans in urban areas and to address non-point source pollution issues. Single copies of the document are available free by contacting:

Friends of the Chicago River
407 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1580
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 939-0490
e-mail: friends@chicagoriver.org

Conservation Biology Magazine Will Launch in June 2000

Beginning in June 2000, the Society for Conservation Biology is launching a new magazine aimed at making the latest research in conservation biology more accessible to practitioners, managers, and policy makers. Called Conservation Biology in Practice, the magazine will focus on current tools, techniques, and case studies to help professionals stay abreast of state-of-the-art conservation biology. The 40-page, bimonthly magazine is available for an annual subscription fee of $30. The magazine is seeking partnerships and foundation support for the critical start-up phase of its publication. For more information, contact:
Kathryn Kohm, editor
Ph. (206) 685-4724/Fax (206) 543-3041
kkohm@u.washington.edu
(Source: The Biodiversity Project)

Website Resources

(River restoration) Dam Removal Resources:

Dam Removal Success Stories: Restoring Rivers Through Selective Removal of Dams That Don’t Make Sense has been released by American Rivers, Friends of the Earth and Trout Unlimited. The report documents more than 465 dams that have been removed across the country and includes 25 detailed case studies of dam removal success stories. To read the report, press releases and other information on dam removal, visit: http://www.amrivers.org/successstories.html

Nationwide Rivers Inventory, Online Resource:

Nationwide Rivers Inventory (NRI) lists more than 3000 free- flowing river segments in the United States that possess “outstandingly remarkable” natural or cultural values. All federal agencies must seek to avoid or mitigate actions that would adversely affect NRI segments. The inventory can provide the location of the nearest naturally-functioning system that might serve as a reference for monitoring activities, a listing of plant and animal species for restoration efforts and a listing of free-flowing, relatively undisturbed river segments. The inventory can be reached at: http://www.ncrc.nps.gov/rtca/nri/

Site for The National Wetlands Inventory:

The National Wetlands Inventory allows viewers to print wetland area maps off the Internet. The “Wetlands Interactive Mapper” was launched in Sept. 1999 and 39% of wetland areas for the lower 48 states are currently online, with more added as funding becomes available. The website is: http://www.nwi.fws.gov/. Current versions of the special plant and animal lists are available on the MNFI web page. They include all federal and state listed species as well as a complete list of state special concern species. www.dnr.state.mi.us/WILDLIFE/heritage/Mnfi/default.htm