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Funding Organization:	None —— Bannock County Commissioner Bannock County Extension Bear Lake County Commissioner Bear Lake County Extension Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge Bear Lake Regional Commission Bear Lake Soil & Water Conservation District Bear Lake State Park, Idaho Bear Lake State Park, Utah Bear Lake Watch Bear River Association of Governments Bear River Basin Advisory Group - Idaho Bear River Bird Refuge Bear River Canal Company Bear River Commission Bear River Resource Conservation and Development Bear River State Park, Wyoming Bear River Water Quality Task Force Bear River Watershed Council Bio-West Box Elder County Commissioner Box Elder County Extension Box Elder County Extension Bridgerland Audubon Society Bridgerland Audubon Society Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Land Management Cache County Executive Cache County Water Policy Advisory Board Cache Valley Learning Center Caribou County Commissioner Caribou County Extension Caribou Soil Conservation District Cascade Earth Sciences Cirrus Ecological Solutions Deseret Land and Livestock Ecosystems Research Institute Environmental Coordination Committee Environmental Management Research Group Forsgren Associates, Inc. Franklin County Commissioner Franklin County Extension Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District Hyrum State Park Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Idaho Department of Lands Idaho Department of Water Resources Idaho Department of Water Resources Idaho Farm Bureau Idaho Fish and Game Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Power Idaho Soil Conservation Commission Idaho Transportation Department Jordan Valley Water Conservation District Lincoln County Commissioner Logan City National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service National Resource Conservation Service Nolte Associates, Inc Oneida County Extension Oneida Soil and Water Conservation District, Malad, Idaho PacifiCorp Rich County Commissioner Rich County Extension Rockport State Park Shoshone-Bannock Tribes State of Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Summit County Commissioner Summit County Extension The Nature Conservancy Trout Unlimited/Cache Anglers Uinta County Commissioner Uinta County Conservation District Uinta County Extension Uinta Headwaters Resource Conservation and Development University of Idaho University of Wyoming US Army Corps of Engineers US Department of Agriculture US Department of Energy US Environmental Protection Agency US Environmental Protection Agency US Environmental Protection Agency US Fish and Wildlife Service US Fish and Wildlife Service US Fish and Wildlife Service US Forest Service Caribou-Targhee US Forest Service Caribou-Targhee US Forest Service Caribou-Targhee US Forest Service Caribou-Targhee National Forest US Forest Service Wasatch-Cache US Forest Service Wasatch-Cache US Forest Service Wasatch-Cache US Geological Survey Water Resources Discipline US Geological Survey Water Resources Division US Geological Survey Water Science Center USU Water Quality Extension Utah Botanical Center Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality Utah Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Rights Utah Department of Natural Resources - Division of Water Rights Utah Department of Transportation Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, State Lands Utah Division of Water Resources Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Utah Farm Bureau Federation Utah Rivers Council Utah Society for Environmental Educators Utah Soil Conservation District Utah Soil Conservation District Utah State University Utah Water Research Laboratory Watershed Sciences Department Weber Basin Water Conservancy District Western Watersheds Project Western Watersheds Project Western Watersheds Project Western Wyoming Resource Conservation and Development Willard Bay State Park Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Wyoming Department of Transportation Wyoming Farm Bureau Wyoming Game and Fish Wyoming Game and Fish Wyoming Soil Conservation Disctrict Wyoming State Engineer's Office Wyoming Water Development Office
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Category:	Implementation Monitoring Planning Research
Data Type:	Biology Climate Climate Geology Lands & Soils Other Socioeconomic Water Quality Water Quantity
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Abstract:	A collaborative team at Utah State University, the Utah Water Reserach Laboratory, Utah Division of Water Quality, the Bear River Comission, and others participated in nominating the Bear River as a Targeted Watershed for EPA's Targeted Watersheds Grants Program. This study, which will be funded for three years starting Fall of 2004, will implement studies in the tri-state Bear River basin to develop and demonstrate: 1) an integrated Watershed Information System to facilitate data collection, data analysis, information transfer, and public outreach; 2) a water quality trading program to allow point and nonpoint pollutant sources to trade water quality credits; and 3) dynamic water quality modeling to support water quality trading and analysis of potential water quality management scenarios. The research team believes that water quality will be improved through an integrative holistic perspective on the watershed facilitated by the integrated Watershed Information System, and that trading will promote the most economically beneficial solutions to water quality problems within the geographic constraints and physical connectivity of the river basin and stream network.
Investigators:	Caplan, Arthur Stevens, David Smith, Jack Poulsen, Mitch Allred, Mike Kleeman, Gary Barnett, Jack A. Mesner, Nancy Horsburgh, Jeff Glover, Terry [ Update Investigators]
Organizations:	Utah Water Research Laboratory Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality Utah State University Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality Bear River Commission [ Update Organizations]