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Mapping
Google Earth 6
http://earth.google.com
TU CSI interactive map for NYS (will link to Google Earth, list HUC #, Brook Trout Status, threats in subwatershed, if Picasa is used, you can integrate these 3 tools easily)
http://tucsi.tu.org/GoogleMaps_BT.aspx?region=NY&SpKey=2
NYS DEC GIS mapping (home page)
http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/
NYS Digital Ortho Imagery page (go here for latest high res aerial photos)
http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gateway/orthoprogram/
Water
Stream Processes: A Guide to Living in Harmony with Streams
http://www.nytu.org/files/manual/Stream_Processes_Guide.pdf
Post-flood Emergency Stream Intervention
http://www.nytu.org/pdf/DEC_stream_repair_manual_Feb_2013.pdf
http://www.nytu.org/pdf/DEC_stream_repair_manual_appendices_Feb_2013.pdf
USGS NYS Real Time Water Data
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/rt
USGS NYS Water Watch (best flood related site)
http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/new/?m=real&r=ny
Partners
US Fish & Wildlife Service home page (access point for Partners program)
http://www.fws.gov/
NYS DEC home page
http://www.dec.ny.gov/
American Rivers Home Page (important environmental ally in all things water)
http://www.americanrivers.org/?src=QHA022
Finding Bankfull
USDA Forest Service Stream Systems Technology Center: Source for Bankfull DVD
http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/
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Surveying Techniques
Rocky Mountain Research Station (companion site to stream.fs.fed.us - Source for Printed Publications
http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/
EPA Stream Science (advanced site that has full set of Rosgen Tools and Methods)
http://water.epa.gov/scitech/datait/tools/warsss/
Vermont Geomorphic Stream Assessment Protocols (good site for Rosgen assessments)
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/rivers/htm/rv_geoassesspro.htm
Stream Restoration
Federal Stream Corridor Restoration Handbook (published 1998, updated 2001)
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream_restoration/newtofc.html
North Carolina State University Stream Restoration Program (superlative training info)
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/programs/extension/wqg/srp/
Surveying Equipment
Rickly Hydrological Company (your source for USGS spec equipment)
http://www.rickly.com/
Forestry Suppliers Home Page (best source for equipment & supplies)
http://www.forestry-suppliers.com/
Plant Materials
NRCS Plant Materials Program (your source for riparian vegetation)
http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/
Invertebrate Assessment Tools
NYS DEC Stream Biomonitoring Unit
http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/23847.html
EPA Rapid Bioassement & Protocol (comprehensive source)
http://water.epa.gov/scitech/monitoring/rsl/bioassessment/index.cfm
Stream Crossings and Fish Passage
Stream Crossings, Protecting and Restoring Stream Continuity
http://www.nytu.org/pdf/DEC_stream_crossings_brochure.pdf
Stream Crossings Guidelines and BMP
http://www.nytu.orgpdf/DEC_Stream_Guidelines_Management_Practices.pdf
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