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Forest hydrology, the study of how water flows through forests, can help illuminate the connections between forests and water, but it must advance if it is to deal with today's complexities, including climate change, wildfires, and changing patterns of development and ownership. This report identifies actions that scientists, forest and water managers, and citizens can take to help sustain water resources from forests.
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Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape
Consensus Study Report
·2008
Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation's clean water supply. Removing forest cover accelerates the rate that precipitation becomes streamflow; therefore, in some areas, cutting trees causes a temporary increase in th...
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