Anadromous Fish Reports: http://www.snowcrest.net/siskfarm/salmonrpt.html
Bonneville Power Administration: http://www.bpa.gov/indexmain.htm
Columbia
River Basin Research: http://www.cbr.washington.edu/index.htm
Site
by the school of Fisheries at the University of Washington. Excellent
site for Columbia River issues. Site highlights include Maps of the Columbia,
analysis tools used in research, fish tagging and passage information, hatchery
information, physical conditions of the river.
Dam and Reservoir Info
& Impact Archive: http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/dams/
Good resource for someone doing research on dam impacts. This site has a conservation
bias and scientific facts should be scrutinized for their bias factor.
Large site with many links including impacts of James Bay project on the Cree
People. Siltation and river morphology data.
Dart Adult Passsage Home Page: http://www.cqs.washington.edu/dart/adultpass.html
Environmental Geology: http://geology.isu.edu/wapi/envgeo/index.htm
EPA Office of Wetlands,
Oceans, & Watersheds: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/
Great site. Organized under four major categories; Oceans, Coasts, Estuaries,
Watersheds (includes TMDLs). Offers on-line class instruction (Academy
2000), publication information, and training courses for water sampling methods,
computer modeling, pollution runoff, and hydrology techniques.
EPA Surf Your Watershed:
http://www.epa.gov/surf/
Great site! History of the Clean Water Act, Maps of all state watersheds, TRI
reports available, basic water facts, index of watershed indicators. Columbia
River Information.
Example of a watershed that contains the 3 largest single conduit springs in the USA, as well as an illustration of the watershed: http://pubs.usgs.gov/factsheet/fs50-97/
Ground and Surface Water Terminology: http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/aex-fact/0460.html
Ground Water Primer: http://danpatch.ecn.purdue.edu/~epados/ground/src/ground.htm
Heated with geothermal water: http://geoheat.oit.edu/directuse/all/dud0005.htm
Idaho Division of Environmental Quality(IDEQ): http://www.deq.state.id.us/
Idaho Department of Fish and Game: http://www2.state.id.us/fishgame/
Idaho
Department of Water Resources Home Page: http://www.idwr.state.id.us/
Home page includes a schedule of upcoming events (meetings,
hearings, workshops). Idaho water supply information, department publications,
water management information, technical information, Snake River Basin Adjudication,
river flows, and water districts.
Idaho
Rivers United Salmon News Page: http://www.idahorivers.org/salmonnews.htm
daho
Rivers United is spearheading the fight to save Idaho's wild salmon and steelhead
from extinction.
Idaho's Anadromous Fish Stocks: http://www.state.id.us/fishgame/whiteppr.htm
Idaho's Groundwater Management Areas: http://www.idwr.state.id.us/planpol/techserv/hydro/GW_Manage_Areas_Rept.htm
Idaho's Largest Aquifer: http://wwwidaho.wr.usgs.gov/nawqa/meetings/GMCLARK.nps5.htm
Idaho's Water: http://www.uidaho.edu/wq/wqpubs/cis887.htm
InfoRain's interactive maps showing historical and current salmon populations by watershed: http://www.inforain.org/salmon.htm
Instructional videos about watersheds: http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/glossary/whatisaws.html
Land and Water Law Review: http://www.uwyo.edu/law/l&wlrev/CONTENTS.HTM
Lake Pend Oreille: http://www.ohwy.com/id/l/lakepend.htm
Montana
Water Center: http://water.montana.edu/
Site sponsored by the University of Montana. Lots
of information about water resources in Montana. Drinking water, clean water
initiatives, current projects, water policy, available training, Montana watersheds,
and TMDLs.
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration: http://www.noaa.gov/
Home page for the USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. this
site is a great resource for all kinds of information.
National Wetlands Inventory:
http://www.nwi.fws.gov/
Site created by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Gives wetland information for
both the United States and Canada. Also includes current programs involving
wetlands, ecology information, and distribution maps.
Plan for Analyzing and Testing Hypothesis Report: http://www.efw.bpa.gov/Environment/PATH/
Potlatch in Lewiston, Idaho: http://www.efw.bpa.gov/cgi-bin/efw/E/Welcome.cgi
Surface Water Data: http://idaho.usgs.gov/public/
Sewage World: http://www.sewage.net
Kind of fun site! Resources to look up municipal and industrial sludge treatment
at most sites around the country. Explains process technology, and has many
links to other sites of interest.
Stream Net: http://www.streamnet.org
Another great site with over 100 links to water related sites. General headings
include: Columbia River fish projects, fish and fisheries, water resource information,
geographic information systems, government agencies and sites, conservation
and advocacy organization, endangered species act, and Tribes of the Northwest.
Two-thirds of the population
of Idaho live in the fertile Snake River Valley. Check out census data:
http://eire.census.gov/popest/data/counties.php
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program: http://endangered.fws.gov/
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service West Coast Salmon Endangered Species Web Site: http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1salmon/salmesa/index.htm
USGS Surface Water Pages: http://water.usgs.gov/osw/
USGS Water Resources
of the United States: http://water.usgs.gov/
A good page to learn about stream gages and the streamgaging network.
Utah Water Atlas: http://www.engineering.usu.edu/uwrl/atlas
This site offers a good example of an on-line water atlas. The Home page itself
is not done very well but the information is good. Information topics presented
are very similar to the Idaho Water Atlas outline.
Water Conservation in
the Pacific Northwest: http://www.pn.usbr.gov/wat/index.shtml
Site created by the US Department of Interior, and the Bureau of Reclamation.
Includes project information on water activities in Idaho, Montana, Oregon,
Washington. Idaho topics include Boise River Basin Soil Moisture Study, Salmon
Recovery, Idaho River Systems Management, Solar Power Study.
Water Glossary (Idaho):
http://www.ridenbaugh.com/srba/watglos.htm
This site was developed by a number of water resource agencies in the Western
US. Glossary goes from A-Z; lists and defines all relevant water and water related
terms.
More links to pages
with more water information:
http://www.lenntech.com/Water-FAQ.htm
http://www.lenntech.com/water-treatment-decision-path.htm