Connecting the Drops by Karen Schneller-McDonald

The environmental details may differ, but the methods are the same. The methods described in Connecting the Drops have broad application in diverse geographic locations. Schneller-McDonald makes clear the important connections among natural cycles, watersheds, and ecosystems the benefits they provide and how specific development activities affect water quality and supply. Our ability to accomplish both depends on how well we can 'connect the drops.' In this book, Karen Schneller-McDonald presents the basics of water resource protection: ecology and watershed science techniques for evaluating environmental impacts obstacles to protection and how to overcome them and tips for protection strategies that maximize chances for success. We need a healthy environment that sustains our personal and community health we also need vibrant and sustainable economic development that does not destroy the benefits we derive from nature. Often these changes result in ecological damage, flooding, water pollution, and reduced water supply. Land-use activities, however, are changing these natural systems. The water we use depends on networks of wetlands, streams, and watersheds.

Book excerpt: The need for improved water resource protection, beginning with grassroots action, is urgent.

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Connecting the Drops by Karen Schneller-McDonald