http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:44:08 GMT 2026-03-09T15:44:08Z http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/108 New York State biodiversity project needs assessment Environmental Law Institute This study examines the extent and adequacy of biodiversity information being generated in New York from the point of view of representative decision makers. It also identifies impediments in the use of this information and suggests ways to increase accessibility. Phone interviews were conducted with 57 key decision makers in New York from state, federal, and regional management agencies; land acquisition, planning, environmental, and state education organizations; business and industry; and research institutions. Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/108 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/106 Watershed protections: capturing the benefits of nature's water supply services Postel, S.L. This paper summarizes key attributes of hydrological services and their economic benefits. It presents an array of institutional mechanisms for protecting these services using Ecuador, Costa Rica, and New York City as case studies and offers lessons and recommendations for achieving better watershed protection. Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/106 2013-07-15T00:00:00Z http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/105 On the value of natural ecosystems: the Catskills parable Sagoff, M. This paper discusses the use of the New York City drinking water supply watershed as an example how preserving ecosystem services can have significant effects on the potential cost of water treatment. It is argued that the water quality may not have been below EPA standards prior to the implementation of the FAD. The author also argues that the use of the term ‘natural’ services is not necessarily correct in the sense that they function better when not influenced by human manipulation or transformation. Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/105 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/104 Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: historical framework, political context, and project design Blaine, J.G.; Sweeney, B.W.; Arscott, D.B. This document describes Phase I of the New York City monitoring project. The goals of the project are to create a quantitative baseline of selected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of source-water streams and reservoirs for use in assessing future changes in the quality of NYC’s drinking water and the integrity of the associated aquatic ecosystems, include in the baseline factors that are sensitive to temporal variability, are reproducible, and lend themselves to analysis among sampling sites and times, integrate temporal and spatial change in both the level of selected contaminants and the structure and function of biological communities and ecosystems to assess whether impairment impacts the ability of the streams to provide ecosystem services, and to provide additional direction and perspective to the overall watershed management plan for the NYC source-water area. Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.gcswcd.com:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/104 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z