Inventory and Assessment of Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Learn about water resource management and assessment at Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge in this 13-minute conference presentation from the Georgia Water Resources Conference. Explore how human and natural alterations to hydrologic conditions impact water availability and environmental conditions at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facilities. Discover the challenges of centralizing and accessing water resource information across multiple federal databases including USGS, USDA, NOAA, and WQX, and understand why comprehensive inventories of biological, physical, chemical and hydrologic resources are crucial for effective wildlife refuge management and protection.