FOR462 Watershed Science & Management University of Idaho - College of Natural Resources
FOR462-01 Watershed Science & Management
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FALL 2007

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This course is designed to give the student an understanding of watershed processes that are critical to the effective management of watersheds. Topics covered in this course include:

bullet Current water
resource issues
 
bullet Precipitation processes
 
bullet Infiltration and soil
water processes
 
bullet Evaporation and transpiration
 
bullet Soil erosion and geomorphology
 
bullet Surface runoff
 
bullet Hydrogeology
 
bullet Water quality

Mica Creek Experimental Watershed, Flume 4

"Effective watershed management requires integration of theory, data, simulation models, and expert judgment to solve practical problems and provide a scientific basis for decision making at the watershed scale."

"To improve implementation of watershed management, efforts must be made to better connect science to decision making"
Committee on Watershed Management, National Research Council, 1999

"Much to learn, you still have."
Yoda

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August 06, 2006