Open AccessProviding Sufficient Streamflows in an Era of Competing Demands: FLOW 2008: Interdisciplinary Solutions to Instream Flow Problems; San Antonio, Texas, 7–9 October 2008
Author(s) -
Gordon Wendy S.,
Mayes Kevin,
Williams Kathleen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2009eo090006
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , wildlife , china , geological survey , public administration , political science , state (computer science) , state agency , business , environmental planning , environmental science , sociology , law , regulatory agency , computer science , ecology , social science , paleontology , algorithm , biology
The Instream Flow Council (IFC) held its first‐ever conference to forge interdisciplinary solutions to the problem of providing sufficient streamflows for environmental purposes in an era of competing demands for freshwater. Conference participants were drawn from across the United States and Canada and even as far away as China, representing state and provincial fish and wildlife and regulatory agencies, federal agencies including the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, nongovernmental organizations, consultants, industry, academics, and even private citizens. Attendees included biologists, geomorphologists, hydrologists, engineers, attorneys, social scientists, and policy makers. The goals of the meeting were to advance the integration of science and policy related to instream flow and to demonstrate the importance of public dialogue through the engagement of diverse stakeholders in cooperatively solving instream flow problems in the United States and Canada.