Waters of the United States: An Urgent Call for Action by Fisheries and Aquatic Science Professionals

Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams are pivotal corridors for aquatic and terrestrial animals

(2023) María Mar Sánchez-Montoya et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Megadroughts Pose Mega‐Risk to Native Fishes of the American Southwest

(2023) Keith B. Gido et al.   FISHERIES

The US Supreme Court has gutted federal protection for wetlands — now what?

(2023) Royal C. Gardner   NATURE

Implementing Brazil’s Forest Code: a vital contribution to securing forests and conserving biodiversity

(2021) Rebecca Catherine Brock et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The AFS Climate Ambassador Program Will Help Bridge the Communication Gap in Climate Change Science

(2021) Drue Banta Winters et al.   FISHERIES

Managing nonperennial headwater streams in temperate forests of the United States

(2021) Stephanie K. Kampf et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Lake Water Levels and Associated Hydrologic Characteristics in the Conterminous U.S.

(2020) C. Emi Fergus et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

What’s in a Name? Patterns, Trends, and Suggestions for Defining Non-Perennial Rivers and Streams

(2020) Michelle H. Busch et al.   Water

Distorting science, putting water at risk

(2020) S. Mažeika Patricio Sullivan et al.   SCIENCE

Large portion of USA streams lose protection with new interpretation of Clean Water Act

(2020) Kurt Fesenmyer et al.   Freshwater Science

Headwater streams and wetlands are critical for sustaining fish, fisheries, and ecosystem services

(2019) Susan A. R. Colvin et al.   FISHERIES

Citizen scientists document long-term streamflow declines in intermittent rivers of the desert southwest, USA

(2019) Daniel C. Allen et al.   Freshwater Science

A national-scale vegetation multimetric index (VMMI) as an indicator of wetland condition across the conterminous United States

(2019) Teresa K. Magee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Opinion: The proposed change to the definition of “waters of the United States” flouts sound science

(2019) S. Mažeika P. Sullivan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: An Integrated Systems Framework

(2018) Scott G. Leibowitz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

Legal ecotones: A comparative analysis of riparian policy protection in the Oregon Coast Range, USA

(2017) Brett A. Boisjolie et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Groundwater declines are linked to changes in Great Plains stream fish assemblages

(2017) Joshuah S. Perkin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Springsnails: A New Conservation Focus in Western North America

(2014) Robert Hershler et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Intermittent Rivers: A Challenge for Freshwater Ecology

(2014) Thibault Datry et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The role of groundwater pumping and drought in shaping ecological futures for stream fishes in a dryland river basin of the western Great Plains, USA

(2010) Jeffrey A. Falke et al.   Ecohydrology

Fish Use of Intermittent Watercourses Draining Agricultural Lands in the Upper Willamette River Valley, Oregon

(2009) Randall Colvin et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

Critical technical elements of state bioassessment programs: a process to evaluate program rigor and comparability

(2008) Chris O. Yoder et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT