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Scientist geographer John Wesley Powell defines a watershed as "that area of land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common water course and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded that they become part of a community."
To the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a watershed approach is "hydrologically defined, geographically focused, includes all stressors (air and water), involves all stakeholders, includes public (federal, state, local) and private sector, is community based, includes a coordinating framework, strategically addresses priority water resource goals (e.g. water quality, habitat), integrates multiple programs (regulatory and voluntary), based on sound science, aided by strategic watershed plans, and uses adaptive management." For example...
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