Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit, Great Lakes-Northern Forest CESU

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Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit, Great Lakes-Northern Forest CESU: The National Geospatial Program Office of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in support of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Stewardship Program, is offering a Cooperative Agreement to one Member University of the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Program. The project is titled "Development of a local resolution NHD steam network in WV for assessing water quality and biota events." The NHD is a comprehensive set of digital spatial data that contains information about surface water features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, springs and wells. The NHD interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. Because the NHD provides a nationally consistent framework for addressing and analysis, water-related information linked to reach addresses by one organization (national, state, local) can be shared with other organizations and easily integrated into many different types of applications to the benefit of all. The goal of this project is to promote cooperation between the U.S. Geological Survey and West Virginia state agencies to develop a single source geospatial database of surface water features in West Virginia. This high-resolution database will be integrated into the U.S. Geological Survey's nationwide, multi-resolution National Hydrography Database (NHD). A complete, seamless, statewide coverage will provide a consistent hydrographic coverage for identifying intelligent information about water resources such as the location of stream gauges or fish habitats, water pollution assessments, water intakes, flood hazard monitoring, and other surface water events. In addition to analytical research and applications, this high-resolution geospatial database will serve as the framework for creating cartographic maps of stream networks at multiple scales in West Virginia and the surrounding region. The USGS will be a full participant with the CESU partner. Participants will work closely together in planning, guidance clarification, and execution of the data development and final review. The data and maintenance plan will establish the procedures needed to build statewide, seamless, local resolution NHD. This cooperative effort will facilitate cooperative research activities, help to meet Federal hydrographic data requirements, and will further successful development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The CESU study component will supplement and add perspective to the USGS mission of providing the nation with current, accurate and reliable hydrographic information that can be used to better manage the nations water resources. Assistance to other state and federal resource management agencies and the public relates directly to this goal. In addition, the final product from this project will add to the national database of hydrographic information. This database will contain consistent and accurate attributes for hydrographic features all over the nation and will provide a basis for regional assessments of our nations water resources for the foreseeable future.