Current Projects

TU

Buzzards Bay Dam Removal Temporary collection

Developing a supportive response to changing regs of dam removals in MA. Good changes to streamline the permit process but concerned others' responses may not be supportive.

MA

MA DER River Restoration Projects

Hopewell Dam Removal Taunton

Wekepeke Project

RI

RI DEM Riparian Restoration

Woonasquatucket River Riparian Buffer Project

RI Save the Bay Dam Removal

RI Save the Bay Projects

Pawtuxet Falls Dam Removal

Issues - These still being consolidated

Aquatic Invasives

Stream Flows

Water Quality

Pollution

Road Construction/Stabilization

Agriculture

Project Resources

MA Statewide Offices

MA Div of Ecological Restoration

MA DER Dam Removal

MA DER River Continuity

EPA - Wetlands

EPA Monitoring Program - Data sharing documents

Mass. Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

MIT Sea Grant Coastal Resources

MA EoEEA

MA Office of Coastal Zone Mgmt

MA Dept Conservation and Recreation

MA Association of Con Comms

RI Statewide Offices

RI Bays, Rivers and Watersheds Coordination Team

RI DEM DFW Freshwater Fisheries

RI DEM Off of Water Resources

RI DEM Sustainable Watersheds Office

RI Stream Flows (ok it's not a state thing)

RI Designate Trout Waters

Funding

RI DEM Grants

RI DEM Riparian Restoration Grants Fact Sheet

RI DEM Financial Assistance

URI Coastal Habitat Funding

Protocols

RBPs for Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers

Resources for Water monitoring

Stream Study Procedures

Stream Crossing Handbook

Stream crossing guidelines

Stream survey methods

RI DEM Standard Op Procedures Water Testing

Understanding Adopt-A-Stream Shoreline Survey:

Invertebrates and fish Protocols

River continuity datasheets

EPA- Technical Guidance for Water Quality Monitoring

Technical info

UMass Water Resource Research Center

Macroinvertebrate Info

Macroinvertebrate ID Key

stream macroinvertebrate Form

Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates

Practice IDing Macroinverts

Watershed

EPA's Surf Your Watershed

River fact sheets

Hydrograph and station description

Watershed Academy: Information Transfer Series

Massachusetts Adopt-A-Stream: Web links

Good Water Links

GIS Data sources

Gateway to GIS Resources

Digital Data Products Services

Sam Wormley's GPS Resources at ISU

MERCATOR GIS and Env Corp

GPSy (TM) -- Digital Map Library

GPS Information - Software,Hardware Reviews

Clarklabs GIS links

ESRI Schools and Libraries Program

ESRI - GIS Jump Station

VGIS - Data Warehouse

Mostly Free U.S. Geospatial Data

MassGIS - Table of Contents

USGS Topo Maps Maptech Marine Navigation NOAA Nautical Charts

USGS National Mapping Info

General Information

Global Learning Obs Benefit the Env

EMAP Data sharing documents

Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative

Fish Consumption Advisories

River and Stream Water Quality Model (QUAL2K)

STORET (short for STOrage and RETrieval) Data Warehouse

water quality, biological, physical data

EPA - Databases/Software

Aerial maps/photos

Microsoft Expedia Maps - Home

Nat. Image and Mapping Agency

Nat. Imaging and Mapping Resources

LANDSAT

Landsat Program

Midas Landsat Service

GSFC Landsat Gateway

Landsat

Earth and Moon Viewer

Earth Viewer: View from Satellite

EROS Satellite home page

Description of Satellite data

Satellite Images

EarthRISE Topographical World Map

Welcome to TerraServer

Pathfinder

USGS Aerial Survey Site links

Earth Surface texture

NASA images/software/movies

Aerial Archive - Welcome

Aerial Photo & Satellite Imagery

SSEC- GOES Pathfinder

Satellite Images

Groups and Associations

Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture

Sea-Run Brook Trout Coallition

MA Watershed Associations

MA Watershed Coallition

Hoosic River Watershed Association

Housatonic Valley Association

Housatonic River Initiative

Deerfield River Watershed Association

Westfield River Watershed Association

CT River Watershed Council

Millers River Watershed Council

Nashua River Watershed Association

Blackstone River Coalition

Sudbury, Assabet, Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council

Org. for the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers

Sudbury, Assabet, Concord Watershed Community Council

Merrimack River Watershed Council

Parker River Clean Water Association

Ipswich River Watershed Association

Shawsheen River Watershed Association

Saugus River Watershed Council

Mystic River Watershed Association

Charles River Watershed Association

Neponset River Watershed Association

Ten Mile River Watershed Alliance

Taunton River Watershed Alliance

Eel River Watershed Association

Hop Brook Protection Association

Jones River Watershed Association

North and South Rivers Watershed Association

Weir River Watershed Association

Westport River watershed Alliance

Monponsett Watershed Association

RI Watershed Ass.

Blackstone River Watershed Ass.

Buckeye Brook Coalition

Narrow River Preservation Society

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Friends of the Hunt River Watershed

Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association

RI Rivers Council

Friends of the Moshassuck

Kickemuit River Council

Pawtuxet River Authority & Watershed Council

Salt Ponds Coalition

Saugatucket River Heritage Corridor Coalition

Taunton River Watershed Alliance

Ten Mile River Watershed Council

International Didymo Conference Info

Conference Presentations

Aunins - Genomic characterization of D. geminata : current progress and future directions

Bach - The effects of disturbance and nutrient addition on a pehriphyton community dominated by D. geminata

Deeter - Kenote Speaker

Gillis - Impact of D.geminata presence on juvenile Atlantic salmon: A project overview

Kilroy - Plenary Speaker: Didymosphenia geminata : an extraordinary organism

Klauda - Didymo infestation in Maryland, USA: A state agency's reactions, responses and results

Kuhajek - Laboratory-based experiments to investigate didymo distribution patterns in New Zealand

Montecino - On the biogeography of D. geminata in Chile: niche requirements and potential habitats

Nelson - Identification, enumeration and measuring cell dimensions of D. geminata using an imaging particle analyzer (FlowCAM)

Pillsbury- Are the recent blooms of D. geminata in Lake Superior (USA) caused by an aggressive strain on environmental changes?

Richardson- Spatial distribution and ecosystem effects of a nuisance, bloom-forming diatom ( D. geminata ) in Catskill Mountain streams, New York

Sanson and Gerbeaux - D.geminata in New Zealand:an update on current managment and research approaches

Spaulding - Paleolimnological records of Didymosphenia geminata in North America

Sundareshwar - Does sulfation of Didymo stalks facilitate iron adsorption and phosphorus concentration in mats?

VanPatten - Missouri's proactive approach to didymo

Zarnetske - Integrating invasion history with environment to model D. geminata hotspots across New Zealand

Conference Posters

Gillis - Volunteer based observations to understand the growth, persistence and removal of rock snot blooms

Hanna - Statewide occurrence and seasonal abundance patterns for didymo in Maryland waters

Khan-Bureau - Monitoring the distribution of D. geminata found in the Connecticut River and its tributaries

Klauda - An inexpensive, easy to build stream-side wash station for cleaning wading boots

Root - Controlling didymo:effective decontamination strategies and recommendations for public outreach