Warmwater Streams Committee

Warmwater Streams: A Resource Worth Protecting

A video by the American Fisheries Society, Southern Division, Warmwater Streams Committee, 2002 (28:30 minutes)

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I. INTRODUCTION

II. STREAM VALUES

Prehistoric values
Present values

National and State Parks and Recreational Areas
Recreation and Aesthetics
Aquatic Resources
Economics

Municipal water supplies
Industrial water supplies
Agricultural water supplies
Transportation
Hydroelectric power generation
Habitat for aquatic organisms
Scenic river designation

III. STREAM ECOLOGY

Watershed concept
Connectivity of land and water
Aquatic food web
Aquatic habitat description

IV. SEASONALITY

Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer

V. THREATS

Mining

Coal
Sand and gravel

Dams

Stream alteration/inundation
Water diversion
Disruption of organic materials
Barriers to fish migration

Cumulative impacts
Point source pollution
Nonpoint source pollution
Channelization
Wetland destruction
Increasing water demand
Exotic fishes

VI. SUMMATION OF STREAM VALUES AND THREATS

VII. FUTURE OF WARMWATER STREAMS

Stream restorations
Public involvement/education
Environmental partnerships
Improved flows below dams
Dissolved oxygen improvement below dams
Fish passage mechanisms at dams
Better resource planning
Agricultural best management practices

VIII. SUMMARY

 

Copyright: AFS, Southern Division, Warmwater Streams Committee, 2002