1.0 Executive summary

Peter S. Murdock; Jennifer C. Jenkins; Richard Birdsey

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1.0 Executive summary

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Peter S. Murdock, Jennifer C. Jenkins, Richard Birdsey

Year:

2008

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 1-15.

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Abstract

The Delaware River Basin (DRB) in the coastal mid-Atlantic region of the United States covers 12,700 mi² of primarily forested land. The DRB is home to 7.2 million people, and an additional 7 million people in New York City and northern New Jersey rely on surface water diverted from the DRB for their water supply. Major watershed issues in the DRB are urbanization and forest fragmentation, abiotic and biotic stressors, diminished condition of forest soils and plants, and invasive exotic species.

Parent Publication

The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative: Foundation Document

Citation

Murdock, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. 2008. 1.0 Executive summary. In: Murdoch, Peter S.; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Birdsey, Richard A. The Delaware River Basin Collaborative Environmental Monitoring and Research Initiative. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-25. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 1-15.