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    Watershed Success Stories
    Applying the Principles and Spirit of the Clean Water Action Plan
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    • Report in PDF -- 1,452KB (72 pages)

    Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Acronyms and Glossary
    • Buzzards Bay, MA -- Restoring and Preserving Estuarine Resources
    • Barnegat Bay, NJ -- Stabilizing Erosion in an Estuarine Watershed
    • Bronx River, NY -- Community Cooperation in Urban Watershed Restoration
    • Wissahickon Creek, PA -- Countering Urban and Suburban Development Effects
    • Conasauga River, GA and TN -- Protecting Wildlife Habitat from Nonpoint Source Pollution
    • Cuyahoga River, OH -- Restoring an American Heritage River
    • Little Rabbit River, MI -- Using Best Management Practices
    • Big Darby Creek, OH -- Preserving Biological Diversity in an Agricultural Watershed
    • Conemaugh River, PA -- Innovative Solutions for Acid Mine Drainage
    • Guest River, VA -- River Restoration in an Appalachian Watershed
    • Oconaluftee and Ravens Fork Rivers, NC -- Restoring Rivers and Riparian Areas through Innovative Actions
    • Bigalk Creek, IA -- Eliminate the Sediment and Erosion; Bring Back the Fish
    • Illinois River, IL -- Demonstrating Stream Restoration and Land Management
    • Tensas River, LA -- Reversing the Adverse Impacts of Agricultural Development
    • Boulder and Upper Tenmile Creek, MT -- Cleaning Up a Century of Hardrock Mining
    • Upper and Lower Bad River, SD -- Addressing Water Quality through Land Management
    • North Fork of the Ninnescah River, KS -- Working Together on Agricultural Best Management Practices
    • Clear Creek, TX -- Saving a Natural Bayou
    • Willow Creek, CO -- Planning the Mitigation of Mining Pollution
    • North Fork of the Gunnison River, CO -- Coordinating Community-Led Restoration
    • San Miguel River, CO -- Comprehensive Watershed Management in Action
    • Little Colorado River, AZ and NM -- Multi-Objective Management of Human Impacts
    • Steamboat Creek, NV -- Watershed Restoration on Private Land
    • Haskell Slough, WA -- Excavation Resurrects Aquatic Habitat
    • Teanaway River, WA -- Restoring Fish Habitat
    • Napa River, CA -- Managing Land Use and Development in a Riverine Estuary System
    • Panoche-Silver Creek, CA -- Protecting the Regional Economy through Flood Management
    • Tijuana River, CA -- Reconstructing a Coastal Estuary
    • Duck Creek, AK -- Combining the City and the Wilderness
    • Ko’olaupoko, HI -- Working Together on Tropical Watershed Restoration
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    Created October 13, 2000