{"id":488,"date":"2009-03-07T03:00:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:23:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:23:42","slug":"protect-watersheds-preserve-precious-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2009\/03\/07\/protect-watersheds-preserve-precious-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"We Must Protect Our Watersheds to Preserve Our Most Precious Resource"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A watershed, also known as a catchment or drainage basin, is the area of land where water from precipitation (either rain or snow) drains downhill into a body of water, such as a stream, river, reservoir, wetland, sea or ocean. Protecting these watersheds from pollution, erosion, and runoff of agricultural or industrial contaminants is essential for our survival.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-496\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicholas_t\/\">nicholas_t<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-496\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/watershed.jpg\" alt=\"watershed\" width=\"530\" height=\"222\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watershed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The watershed includes both the bodies that convey the water (rivers, streams, etc.) as well as the land area from which water drains. Watersheds are separated from adjacent catchments by a drainage divide. The following video is a great introduction to the idea of a watershed:<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ofTdglXriug<\/p>\n<p>No matter where you live, you are in a watershed. If we don&#8217;t manage our watersheds wisely, we risk losing access to clean water, and everything downstream from us will also be affected by our actions (or non-action).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watershed resources links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Surf your watershed with a <a href=\"http:\/\/cfpub.epa.gov\/surf\/locate\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">searchable map from the EPA<\/a> to find active groups working on watershed issues near you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watershed.org\/wmc\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Watershed Management Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Watershed Protection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/programs\/watershed\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Resources Conservation Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">USGS Water Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fws.gov\/wetlands\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Wetlands Inventory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngwa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Groundwater Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A watershed, also known as a catchment or drainage basin, is the area of land where water from precipitation (either rain or snow) drains downhill into a body of water, such as a stream, river, reservoir, wetland, sea or ocean. Protecting these watersheds from pollution, erosion, and runoff of agricultural or industrial contaminants is essential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[14,29],"tags":[2854,328,592,783,924,2099,2484],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}