Change in Stream Flows Working Group

In order to elevate the importance of water in the report, the Change in Stream Flows Working Group was convened to design a new core national indicator that will describe stream flow changes across all major ecosystems. The group will also review the ecosystem-level indicator that is related to Stream Flows (Number and Duration of Dry Periods in Streams and Rivers – Grasslands and Shrublands chapter). The Working Group is charged with defining the variables to be covered, and with selecting a baseline for comparison of data.

1. Meeting Notes — July 26, 2005 (.pdf)
2. Meeting Notes — November 29, 2005 (.pdf)
3. Meeting Notes — April 7, 2006 (.pdf)

Committee Members

Colin Apse, Deputy Director, Eastern U.S. Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy

Leo Eisel, Principal Engineer, Brown and Caldwell

Glenn Hodgkins, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Harry Lins, Hydroclimatologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Duncan Patten, Research Professor, Montana State University

LeRoy Poff, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Colorado State University

Ken Potter, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin

Richard Vogel, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University

David Wolock, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey