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Getting to know your local watershed

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Watersheds have three primary purposes: to capture water, store it in the soil and release it. Yet each watershed is a unique biological and physical process, making it difficult to draw... More ≫

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Watersheds have three primary purposes: to capture water, store it in the soil and release it. Yet each watershed is a unique biological and physical process, making it difficult to draw generalized management recommendations for protecting a watershed. Watersheds are continually changing and evolving. Some changes are natural, or are accelerated by human activities. Importantly, a watershed contains information about all the things happening within it: climate, soil moisture, soil texture, organic matter and chemistry, topography and drainage paths.

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