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Resources and Tools

HIGHLIGHTS Books Rivers for Life, Sandra Postel and Brian Richter. A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Nicole Silk and Krisine Ciruna, Eds. Technology IHA Software: A useful software program for understanding the hydrologic alterations of a freshwater system. Flow Restoration Database: This database documents and describes efforts to restore river system conditions to benefit ecosystem integrity.

Nature Conservancy scientists and policy experts have written, co-authored and edited a number books, journal articles, software programs, a flow restoration database and other resources to contribute to the growing understanding of freshwater science and the policy that governs it.

This section serves a portal to these tools and to additional resources for scientists, water managers, conservations practitioners, policy makers, attorneys, and anyone interested in developing an understanding of freshwater conservation. Included here are links to a variety of books and journal articles, many of which are written and/ or edited by Conservancy staff.

Publications

Books, journal articles and papers, guides and videos.

Technology: Software and Databases

Includes The Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA v.7), Flow Restoration Database, Army Corps of Engineer’s Hydraulic Engineering Center’s software programs

Trainings and Conferences

Upcoming trainings and conferences, online trainings and other conference resources

Community Links

Find out what our partners and others are doing to protect, preserve and study freshwater systems.