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Assignment

Please make sure there is a 150-word minimum per question. Also, this needs to be in APA Format with correct citations.

1. What is involved in planning for watershed management? What are the steps in the planning process and how does one appraise watershed management plans and projects?

2. What is GIS? why is it an important tool in the area of water resources modeling? in the same idea, what is LiDAR? how does it provide good elevation data?

3. Describe how a watershed manager would use stable isotopes to solve difficult water use and land-use management issues.

4. Explain the desirable capabilities of hydrologic simulation models capable of predicting land-use changes on watersheds.

5. There are several models that are mentioned for water resources analysis. Select one model and summarize its purpose and how it operates. One interesting model is the MODFLOW from the USGS.

6. There is a list of possible watershed management activities. Select three of these activities that you consider specifically important and explain why you chose them.

7. What are the general stages in the policy development process and factors that influence IWM policy interventions?

8. List the desirable characteristics of forest hydrology models and indicate the constraints of applying generalized hydrologic simulation models to forested situations.