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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/annualreport199600unse I.fl /ANNUAL REPORT 1996 PI fcvSsli> 'H » JET* ~£®' v*^ -^^V^*DBs&a *lil^ WATER RESOURCES DIVISION/ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATURAL RESOURCES REPORT NPS/NRWRD/NRR-97/06 DIVERSITY OF GEORC BS3t> 121 SEP 1 8 1997 LIBhAKitS DEPOSITOR The National Park Service Water Resources Division is responsible for providing water resources management policy and guidelines, planning, technical assistance, training, and operational support to units ofthe National Park System. Program areas include water rights, water resources planning, regulatory guidance and review, hydrology, water quality, watershed management, watershed studies, fishery management, and aquatic ecology. TECHNICAL REPORTS The National Park Service disseminates the results ofbiological, physical, and social research through the Natural Resources Technical Report Series. Natural resources inventories and monitoring activities, scientific literature reviews, bibliographies, and proceedings oftechnical workshops and conferences are also disseminated through this series. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the National Park Service. Copies ofthis report are available from the following: National Park Service Water Resources Division (970) 225-3500 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 250 Fort Collins, CO 80525 National Park Service (303) 969-2130 Technical Information Center Denver Service Center P.O. Box 25287 Denver, CO 80225-0287 * ANNUAL REPORT 1996 WATER RESOURCES DIVISION National Park Service CO Fort Collins, 80525 Natural Resources Report NPS/NRWRD/NRR-97/06 June 1997 jpPI ' '^^Sm/^k ^j|B <~--^3 ~ - "«_«F ^ _'~--^"-^:" "^*U v^l tJ_ .-- — -»' - ~#- ,™ Inl . United States Department ofthe Interior National Park Service Washington, D.C. 1 Table of Contents A Word from the Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship & Science 1 Comments from the Division Chief 2 Washington Program Coordination Office Highlights 4 Planning and Evaluation Branch Highlights 6 A New Method for Evaluating Wetland Functions 9 Water Resources Management Planning at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve 12 Managing Park Fisheries: Implications ofExecutive Order 12962 15 Water Rights Branch Highlights 19 Federal Reserved Water Rights Recognized at Zion National Park 2 Computerization and Storage ofWater Rights Records 23 Water Operations Branch Highlights 25 Ancient Dwellings and Modern Water; Hydrogeologic Considerations in Archeological Preservation, Mesa Verde National Park 28 Using the Watershed Approach to Identify, Characterize, and Prioritize for Remediation Water Quality Impacts from Contaminated Mine Drainage's in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky 32 National Park Service Water Quality Data Archive Growing by "Bytes and Samples" as Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis Project Progresses 38 Support Provided to Regions, Parks, and Other NPS Organizational Units 43 Publications 105 Financial Status ofthe Water Resources Division 109 Organization and Staff 117 Awards 125 Appendix 1 - Referenced Units ofthe National Park System 127 Credits 131