WATERSHED
LINKS
A watershed is
the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it
goes into the same place. John Wesley Powell, scientist geographer, put it best
when he said that a watershed is:
"that area of land, a bounded
hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by
their common water course and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded
that they become part of a community."
Watersheds come
in all shapes and sizes. They cross county, state, and national boundaries. No
matter where you are, you're in a watershed!
A Watershed Protection Approach is a strategy for effectively protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems and protecting human health. This strategy has as its premise that many water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at the watershed level rather than at the individual water body or discharger level. Major features of a Watershed Protection Approach are: targeting priority problems, promoting a high level of stakeholder involvement, integrated solutions that make use of the expertise and authority of multiple agencies, and measuring success through monitoring and other data gathering.
Click on these
links for more information on Montana Watersheds
The Gallatin Watershed Sourcebook: A Resident's Guide
Watershed Protection, Watershed Surveys, and Flood
Prevention
Watershed Rehabilitation Information
Emergency Watershed Protection
Montana
Watershed Coordination Council
Montana Watershed on-line maps
Pre-made
maps of Montana Watersheds
Montana
Water Center Watersheds page
Greater Gallatin Watershed Council