Essential Monitor's Guide for Prairie Water Retention

The 'Essential Monitor's Guide for Prairie Water Retention' by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) explains the importance of monitoring natural infrastructure projects to ensure they meet specifications and maintain performance over time. The guide aims to make monitoring more accessible by providing technical information on equipment, analysis methods for water quantity and quality, and practical examples from IISD's experience.

• Water retention projects act as natural infrastructure that provides primary benefits regarding flood and drought mitigation, as well as secondary benefits including improved water quality, carbon storage, biodiversity, and habitat.
• Monitoring is essential for verifying that projects perform to specification over time and for understanding how site design, operation, and maintenance influence effectiveness and co-benefits. Biophysical monitoring specifically helps identify management changes to maximize additional benefits beyond flood and drought mitigation.
• There is currently a lack of long-term data regarding water-quality benefits across diverse sites, which is significant because site performance can vary.

APA

Grosshans,, J. S. (2024). Essential Monitor's Guide for Prairie Water Retention. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/guide/monitors-guide-prairie-water-retention

Chicago

Grosshans,, Joey Simoes,Richard. Essential Monitor's Guide for Prairie Water Retention. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2024. https://www.iisd.org/publications/guide/monitors-guide-prairie-water-retention.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{grosshans2024essential, author = {Grosshans,, Joey Simoes,Richard}, title = {{Essential Monitor's Guide for Prairie Water Retention}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/guide/monitors-guide-prairie-water-retention}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }