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Watershed modeling and development of ecological flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia

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Abstract

In Grant Parish, LA, increases in overstory basal area, canopy cover, and development of understory woody plants reduce over the last 50 years, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee- Flint (ACF) Basin in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia has undergone extensive development of water resources for municipal and industrial supplies, power generation, and agriculture. Concurrent with this development, there has been increasing conflict over the use of water in the ACF system, resulting in legal battles over the rights to this valuable resource.

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Citation

Hughes, William; Freeman, Mary; Jones, Elliott; Jones, John; Lafontaine, Jacob; Painter, Jaime; Torak, Lynn; Walsh, Steve. 2016. Watershed modeling and development of ecological flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical  Report  SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/51044