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Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center's
RESTORE Data Visualization Tool
Project Background
Human alteration of waterways has impacted the minimum and maximum streamflows in more than 86% of monitored streams nationally and may be the primary cause for ecological impairment in river and stream ecosystems. Restoration of freshwater inflows can positively affect shellfish, fisheries, habitat, and water quality in streams, rivers, and estuaries. Increasingly, State and local decision-makers and Federal agencies are turning their attention to the restoration of flows as part of a holistic approach to restoring water quality and habitat and to protecting and replenishing living coastal and marine resources and the livelihoods that depend on them.
In 2017, the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began collaborating on a comprehensive, large-scale, state-of-the-science foundational project (RESTORE) to provide vital information on the timing and delivery of freshwater to streams, bays, estuaries, and wetlands of the Gulf Coast. The information generated through this project will provide local, State, and Federal partners the ability to evaluate how streamflow withdrawals and reservoir operations throughout a watershed may alter streamflow metrics and freshwater inputs to an estuary.
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About the application
This application provides a set of interactive data visualization tools to explore datasets generated by USGS researchers for the RESTORE project. The purpose of this tool is to help stakeholders, decision makers and other interested users access these datasets and develop a better understanding of spatial and temporal streamflow patterns in the Lower Mississippi-Gulf Region.
This application was built by Walker Environmental Research and is an adaptation of the Interactive Catchment Explorer which is part of the Spatial Hydro-Ecological Data System (EcoSHEDS).
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