In 2007, the Guardianship Council, a citizen advisory group established by the Freshwater Society Board of Directors, spent seven months studying critical water issues. As part of that process, the Council asked the Freshwater staff to prepare short briefing papers on many of those issues. Click on the links below to read those papers.
- Ethanol and Water (PDF)
- Impaired Waters (PDF)
- Sustainability of Groundwater (PDF)
- Wetlands (PDF)
- Climate Change (PDF)
- Invasive Species (PDF)
- Shoreland Standards and Land Use (PDF)
- State Environmental Education (PDF)
- Value of Water (PDF)
- Water Appropriation Systems and State Programs (PDF)
- Watershed Briefing (PDF)
- Drinking Water Safety (PDF)
- Water Resources in Europe (PDF)
