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Healthy Watersheds Protection

  • Protecting Aquatic Systems via Landscape Approaches

EPA's Healthy Watersheds Program vision is to protect and maintain the aquatic ecological integrity of watersheds and supporting habitat networks to ensure that future generations may enjoy these resources and the social and economic benefits that they provide.

About the Program

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Integrated Assessment

  • Integrated Assessment of Healthy Watersheds
  • Developing a Watershed Health Index
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  • Download Preliminary Healthy Watersheds Assessment (PHWA) Data

Watershed Protection

  • Initiatives to Protect Healthy Watersheds
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  • Land Conservation and Watershed Protection

Program Reports

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Related EPA Topics

  • Watershed Academy
  • Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans
  • Restoration and Protection Screening: Tools for Comparing Impaired Waters Restorability
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Last updated on February 25, 2025
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