Publications by authors named "Kelsey B Aho"
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is the fastest growing region in the State of Alaska and is impacted by a number of human activities. We conducted a multiscale assessment of the stressors facing the borough by developing and mapping the Index of Watershed Integrity (IWI) and Index of Catchment Integrity (the latter considers stressors in areas surrounding individual stream segments exclusive of upstream areas). The assessment coincided with the borough's stormwater management planning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSustainable development supports watershed processes and functions. To aid the sustainable development of the western Balkans' transboundary river and lake basins, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adapted the EPA's Index of Watershed Integrity (IWI) following the devasting 2014 floods in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The IWI evaluates six watershed functions based on a suite of anthropogenic stressors (e.
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- Aquatic ecosystems are really important for our health and the economy, so we need to manage them wisely to keep their benefits flowing.
- Involving the public in planning helps make these management programs successful because people are more likely to support them if they can share their opinions.
- We looked at different factors that affect how people engage with aquatic ecosystems to help create better surveys for understanding what’s important to the community.