Eco-hydrology
integrated science for ecosystem management

William K. Nuttle

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How much water will it take to revive Florida’s Everglades? Can we harness the flow of the Mississippi River to reverse wetland loss and rebuild Louisiana’s coast in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita? What activities and resources are at risk to rising sea level and other changes occurring along our coasts?

Water management is now an essential component in managing other natural resources. Today, water managers protect endangered species and restore failing ecosystems - in addition to their traditional roles of assuring adequate supplies of clean, fresh water and reducing the risks of flooding. Achieving these expanded goals for water management and integrating water management with management of other natural resources requires new information from the Earth sciences and ecology.

Eco-hydrology integrates information from Earth sciences and ecology to help answer questions like these. Managers use the data and analytical tools based on eco-hydrology research to evaluate the condition of natural resources and forecast how conditions will change as a result of their actions.

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William Nuttle works with water managers, engineers, Earth scientists and ecologists to plan eco-hydrology research and to apply the results of research to ecosystem restoration and management of natural resources.