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  • PDF preview of Flow Down article cover. The background is a photo of a green mountain range.
    The scientists in this study wanted to figure out how forest management, climate change, and streamflow interact. First, the scientists…
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    Flow Down! Can Managing Forests Help Maintain Water Supplies in the Face of Climate Change?

  • PDF preview of "Full Throttle Model" article
    Read about efforts to model changes to land use within watersheds to help identify and prioritize watersheds with low water…
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    Full Throttle Model: Using Scientific Models to Quickly Assess Water Quality

  • Illustration of a male and female scientist, writing on clipboards in front of a mountain range.
    When humans divert water from mountain streams, there is less water in the streams at certain times. The scientist in…
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    Go With The Flow! Are Mountain Stream Channels Shaped by Flood and Drought?

  • PDF preview of the Spanish version of "Go With the Flow!"
    When humans divert water from mountain streams, there is less water in the streams at certain times. The scientist in…
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    Go With The Flow! Are Mountain Stream Channels Shaped by Flood and Drought? (Spanish)

  • illustration of four kids sheltered under a tree from the rain
    In the past, scientists had estimated how much rainfall is intercepted by trees growing in rural areas. The scientists in this study…
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    Good to the Last Drip: How Trees Help to Reduce Pollution

  • Good to the Last Drip cover in Spanish
    In the past, scientists had estimated how much rainfall is intercepted by trees growing in rural areas. The scientists in this study…
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    Good to the Last Drip: How Trees Help to Reduce Pollution (Spanish)

  • The cover for the Green Means Clean article. The main image is a photo of a lake with trees on the coast.
    With two-thirds of the U.S. population drinking water from surface sources such as streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, it is…
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    Green Means Clean! Assessing the Condition of U.S. Drinking Water Watersheds

  • The cover of "It's a Small World" featuring a black and white photo of a scientist using a chainsaw on a tree trunk
    The scientists in this study were interested in three common periodic changes in sea surface temperatures, called oscillations. In particular,…
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    It’s a Small World: How Oceans and Climates Can Affect Wildland Fires Thousands of Miles Away

  • Cover for the Left High and Dry article. It is an illustration of beautiful native Hawaiian flora with a photo of what the forest looks like now.
    The Ka‘ūpūlehu dry forest is located on the leeward size of the island of Hawai‘i. The forest land is owned…
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    Left High and Dry? Attempting to Restore a Tropical Dry Forest in Hawaii

  • PDF preview of "Logjams and Beaver Dams" article.
    Scientists know little about the movement of litter and dead wood from forests to rivers in mountainous temperate ecosystems. Studying…
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    Logjams and Beaver Dams: How Different Landforms Affect the Amount of Carbon in an Ecosystem

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    Sudden oak death is a new disease of trees and plants in the United States and Europe. Although scientists are not certain,…
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    Moving Spore-adically: The Spread of Sudden Oak Death in California Forests

  • Moving Sporadically cover in Spanish
    Sudden oak death is a new disease of trees and plants in the United States and Europe. Although scientists are not certain,…
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    Moving Spore-adically: The Spread of Sudden Oak Death in California Forests (Spanish)