Watershed Assessment Framework (EPA)

Federal & State Resources / Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Date posted: 08/13/09

The Science Advisory Board (SAB) has developed a "Framework for Assessing and Reporting on Ecological Condition" (U.S. EPA, 2002). This framework was developed as an organizational tool for reporting on information about the health of ecosystems through an assessment of essential ecological attributes. The Healthy Watersheds concept views watersheds as integrated systems that can be understood through the dynamics of essential ecological attributes.