Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title	Guide to Healthy Streams, Lakes, and Wetlands for Small Farms and Rural Landowners in Eastern Washington
Month-Year Published	June 2001
Revised on	July 2004
Online Availability	View this publication in Acrobat PDF format 1633 kilobytes, requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software get Acrobat Reader
Short Description	Purpose of this Guide Book When you look out the window of your house you see the land that is part of a watershed. Any water that falls on the land moves downhill to create streams, lakes, and rivers. The purpose of this book is to provide you with a better understanding of the many components that make up a healthy watershed. In addition, this book explains what you can do on your property to protect the lakes, streams, and wetlands that make eastern Washington such a wonderful place to live! (Also see abstract below)
Publication Number	01-10-014
Author(s)	Chad Atkins, Eastern Regional Office
Print Availability	Request from the program.
Number of pages	16
Keywords	agricultural, buffer, erosion, farmer, flood, habitat, lake, livestock, regulation, river, rural, stream, timber, waste, water, water quality, watershed, wetland, wetlands, wood
Abstract	Long Description
	Purpose of this Guide Book When you look out the window of your house you see the land that is part of a watershed. Any water that falls on the land moves down hill to create streams, lakes, and rivers. The purpose of this book is to provide you with a better understanding of the many components that make up a healthy watershed. In addition, this book explains what you can do on your property to protect the lakes, streams, and wetlands that make eastern Washington such a wonderful place to live! Every person lives within a watershed, therefore, everyone′s activities can have an impact on the streams and rivers their watershed creates. Take steps to help protect your watershed.

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