Ecological Health of U.S. Streams

Congressional Brefing on Health of U.S. Streams Reduced by Streamflow Modifications and Contaminants.

USGS will explain the importance of assessing all of these factors, and the implications the findings have for priorities in protection and restoration actions. Note: David McKinney from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency describes in presentation how to bring good the science to protection of the nation's aquatic resources.

Peter Ode from California Department of Fish and Wildlife presents the importance of federal water resource programs and what they mean to states like California.