
Click here to visit the webpage. From the introduction:
The health of our nation’s rivers, lakes, bays and coastal waters depends on the vast network of streams and wetlands where they begin. These streams feed downstream waters, trap floodwaters, recharge groundwater supplies, remove pollution, and provide fish and wildlife habitat. Streams and wetlands are also economic drivers because of their key role in providing water and habitat to support fishing, hunting, agriculture and recreation. Approximately 117 million people – one-third of the U.S. population – get some or all of their drinking water from public drinking water systems that rely in part on headwater, seasonal, or rain-dependent streams.