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Rainwater Harvesting and Stormwater Research is a priority research area identified by the Arizona Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Water Sustainability, which recommended that universities take the lead to identify regulatory barriers, cost and benefits, water quality issues and avenues for increasing utilization of stormwater and rainwater at the regional, community and individual property level. In an effort to address the priority research area, the University of Arizona will develop a decision support tool to be used by public utilities and agencies to evaluate suitability and cost-effectiveness of rainwater and stormwater capture at various scales for multiple benefits. Data from the City of Tucson, Arizona...
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GeoTIFF,
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Tags: 2011,
AZ-02,
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Desert LCC Region,
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EARTH SCIENCE,
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LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
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Project,
Report,
Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services,
State agencies,
Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area,
Tucson,
Tuscon,
United States,
WATER MANAGEMENT,
completed,
environment,
water,
water harvesting, Fewer tags
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Projected water deficits mean that land and water managers must be proactive in their management of rivers and shallow aquifers, if they want to maintain the ecosystems dependent upon them. To do this, managers and decision makers need easy access to the best techniques available for determining how much water ecosystems need. This project will result in a Desert LCC-wide database of environmental flow needs and responses (environmental water demands) to help water and land managers make management decisions. This project will identify critical data gaps in flow need and flow response data in the Desert LCC (especially related to baseflow dependent streams) and result in a user-friendly, one-stop-shop for managers...
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OGC WFS Layer,
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Tags: 2014,
AZ-01,
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CA-08,
CA-23,
CA-25,
CA-27,
CA-36,
CA-50,
CA-51,
California,
Chihuahua,
Coahuila,
Data Management and Integration,
Datasets/Database,
Decision Support,
Desert LCC (all),
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Durango,
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM,
Federal resource managers,
Guanajuato,
Informing Conservation Delivery,
Jalisco,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Mexico,
Mojave Desert Pilot Area,
NM-02,
NV-01,
NV-03,
NV-04,
Nayarit,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
Nuevo León,
Project,
Querétaro,
San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa,
TX-16,
TX-23,
Tamaulipas,
Texas,
Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area,
UT-02,
United States,
Utah,
Zacatecas,
Zacatecas,
completed,
inlandWaters, Fewer tags
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Article Abstract: Although riparian and aquatic ecosystems make up a small fraction of the area in arid and semi-arid lands, they are critical for the survival of desert life. There are, however, few compendia of efforts to define the quantity of water needed to maintain these ecosystems and understand the risks and stressors to them. Through our analysis we found that 62% of the rivers examined in the deserts of the U.S. and Mexico have had just one study over the past four decades and 67% of studies used qualitative methods. Furthermore, only one-third of the 312 species catalogued in our work have been studied more than once and only 5% have been considered five or more times. The most common risks or stressors...
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Tags: Aquascalientes,
Arizona,
Baja California,
California,
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Coahuila,
Data Acquisition and Development,
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Data.gov Desert LCC,
Desert LCC (all),
Desert LCC (all),
Dos Rios Pilot Area,
Durango,
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM,
Eastern Mojave Desert Pilot Area,
Federal resource managers,
Guanajuato,
Jalisco,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area,
Mexico,
Nayarit,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
Nuevo León,
Publication,
Publication,
Querétaro,
San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa,
Sonora,
Tamaulipas,
Texas,
United States,
Utah,
Zacatecas,
completed,
inlandWaters,
product, Fewer tags
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Successful implementation of environmental flow projects depends on land and water managers having clear objectives and access to reliable data. This guidebook provides information on a variety of methods that can be utilized under different fiscal or temporal constraints to determine and implement appropriate environmental flow targets. Based on evidence from cases focused in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, steps are suggested to help ensure maintenance of flows under uncertain future natural and socioeconomic conditions. The importance of education and engagement to increase acceptance of environmental flows based projects and gain key player and community buy in is described. Limitations on...
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Publication;
Types: Citation,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Aquascalientes,
Arizona,
Baja California,
California,
Chihuahua, All tags...
Coahuila,
Data Acquisition and Development,
Data Management and Integration,
Data.gov Desert LCC,
Desert LCC (all),
Dos Rios Pilot Area,
Durango,
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM,
Eastern Mojave Desert Pilot Area,
Federal resource managers,
Guanajuato,
Jalisco,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area,
Mexico,
Nayarit,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
Nuevo León,
Publication,
Querétaro,
San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa,
Sonora,
Tamaulipas,
Texas,
United States,
User Manual,
Utah,
Zacatecas,
completed,
inlandWaters,
product, Fewer tags
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Sky Island Alliance (SIA) is a non-governmental organizational that works to protect and restore the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island Region. We work with volunteers, scientists, land-owners, public officials, and government agencies to establish protected areas, restore healthy landscapes, and promote public appreciation of the region’s unique biological diversity. Because of our long-standing collaborative relationships with land managers and our large corps of skilled volunteers, we were in a unique position to spearhead this project.SIA initiated this springs inventory, assessment and management planning project to develop baseline information on springs in the Sky Island...
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Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service,
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Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
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Tags: 2011,
AZ-02,
AZ-03,
Arizona,
Conservation NGOs, All tags...
Data Acquisition and Development,
Data Management and Integration,
Data.gov Desert LCC,
Datasets/Database,
Decision Support,
Document,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE,
FLUVIAL LANDFORMS,
FLUVIAL LANDFORMS,
Federal resource managers,
GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES,
GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES,
LAND SURFACE,
LAND SURFACE,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Policy makers & regulators,
Publication,
Regional & county planners,
Report,
Report,
SPRING,
SPRING,
Sky Island Region,
Sky Islands Region,
Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area,
United States,
assessment,
assessments,
biota,
completed,
management,
presentation,
product,
seeps and springs,
volunteers, Fewer tags
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