Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Why Watersheds? -- 2 Spatial and Temporal Scales for Watersheds -- 3 Regional Variations -- 4 Data and Information -- 5 Connecting Science and the Decisionmaker -- 6 Organizing for Watershed Management -- 7 Financing Watershed Organizations -- 8 Planning and Decisionmaking -- 9 Conclusions and Recommendations -- APPENDIX A Water Quality Management in the United States: Major Related Legislation -- APPENDIX B Watershed Data and Information on the Internet -- APPENDIX C Acknowledgments -- Index.