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Southern Research Station Southern Research Station ************************************ Water Research USDA Forest Service Research and Development Southern Research Station

FACILITIES FOR LONG-TERM RESEARCH EXPERIMENTAL FORESTS WITH WEIRS AND CLIMATE STATIONS -COWEETA HYDROLOGIC LAB -SANTEE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST LEVERAGED NETWORKS USGS, ETC. DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS -STREAM TEMPERATURE -MUSSELS…. PLANNING STAGE

THEORETICAL & BASIC RESEARCH CLIMATE CHANGE: CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS AND APPROACHES: EDDY COVARIANCE, SAPFLOW, MODELING WARMING IMPACTS ON COLD-WATER FISHERIES DROUGHT EFFECTS ON LOW-FLOWS & AQUATIC ORGANISMS SEA LEVEL RISE & INTERACTION

DISTURBANCE EFFECTS ON WATER HURRICANES LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE WETLANDS / MANGROVES URBANIZATION IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY INVASIVE SPECIES ON HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES -HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID

FIRE EFFECTS ON WATER QUALITY LOW INTENSITY, LOW SEVERITY FIRE BURNS IN MESIC VS. RIDGE COMMUNITIES FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST HARVESTING METHODS INTENSITIES PRESCRIBED FIRE IN THE COASTAL PLAIN RECREATION AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLE DIFFERENT SPECIES FOR SILVICULTURE -EUCALYPTUS VS. PINE -SHORT ROTATION WOODY CROPS

SYNTHESIS AND SCALED INTEGRATION RESEARCH FOR POLICY AND PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DROUGHT MOUNTAINS TO COAST SOUTHERN FOREST FUTURES PROJECT

TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS WASSI - WATER SUPPLY STRESS INDEX PREDICTS LAND COVER, CLIMATE, AND POPULATION IMPACTS ON WATER AND C-SEQUESTERING GIS TOOLS FOR AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE HYDRSTA - REAL TIME MONITORING OF STREAM WATER QUALITY

F ******************************* Estimated water supply originating on NFS and SPF lands serving drinking water intakes.

SOME RESEARCH NEEDS NOT BEING ADDRESSED GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY URBANIZATION IMPACTS BASELINE DATA TO INFORM DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ECONOMICS OF WATER AS ECOSYSTEM SERVICE