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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Pages 70-74

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... This recommendation echoes some of those made by an internal USGS committee, which recognized that improved technical coordination and closer linkages among watershed monitoring and research programs were needed (USGS, 19921. Issues that arise in implementing a 70
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From page 71...
... For the water quality assessment mission supported by the watershed research program, there is particularly large overlap with NAWQA. The USGS should directly address programmatic linkages between watershed research and NAWQA.
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... ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF LARGER WATERSHEDS Conclusion There is a need to strengthen research related to large watersheds. Recommendation 2.1 The USGS shou Id organize and coordinate its efforts in several programs, notably the National Research Program, NAWQA, and the District Cooperative programs.
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... Recommendation 4.1 The USGS has taken an active role in providing technical assessments of alternatives in some areas where whole-watershed restoration efforts are under way (See the Redwood River example in Box 4.3~. As this role expands, the USGS should commit to improving the science base supporting assessment protocols for watershed-scale restoration.
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... The agency should develop and encourage active collaborative efforts with the university community, the Water Resources Institutes, and the 40 cooperative units of the BRD. One specific goal should be to employ students to work on USGS projects that would contribute to both the USGS project and the thesis or dissertation work of the student.
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