Geographic, Statistical, and Indicator Research to Support the National Condition Surveys and the Environmental Research Program

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Geographic, Statistical, and Indicator Research to Support the National Condition Surveys and the Environmental Research Program: The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications proposing innovative approaches to determining how to employ the growing experience in conducting surveys of the ecological condition of freshwater systems (e.g., flowing waters, wetlands, and lakes) to the emerging need to include the value of ecosystem services in environmental decision-making. Services provided by ecosystems to humans include provisioning [e.g., providing water food, fuel, fiber]; support [soil fertility, nutrient cycling, pollination]; regulation [climate moderation, flood control]; cultural [economic, spiritual, and recreational benefits]; and preservation [biodiversity, renewable resources].) Methods for using indicators of and data on wetland condition to quantify the services provided by freshwater systems are vital if land managers, especially the states and tribes, are to ensure continued benefit from those services. The goal of this research is to develop relationships between measures of ecological condition to the delivery of ecosystem services by freshwater systems (e.g., flowing waters, wetlands, and lakes) that can be used in conjunction with surveys of ecological condition.