The Aurora Project is on the frontier of rapidly developing advanced digital multimedia technologies. Produced by Mountain Visions for the Bureau of Land Management, this CD-ROM and website both offer a virtual exploration of community watershed partnerships in the western United States. The Aurora Project shows users a variety of riparian environments where work to restore damaged watersheds has been rewarded by significant improvement in watershed health and productivity. At Community Watershed Partnership website, you ll be able to navigate virtual panoramas of the watershed. The In-depth Info area has papers and further information related to the restoration and management of riparian areas and watershed.
Users can travel through desert canyons, coastal mountains, or redwood forests.
They can select their route, the flora and fauna they want to see, the birds they want to hear, and the depth of the experience and information they desire. The interactive CD-ROM also includes movies, slide shows, and sound files that are not available on the Internet version. This 20-page layperson s guide to water pollution discusses NPS water pollution and its effects on California s surface water and groundwater supplies. Included in the guide is an explanation of the different forms of pollution, the most prevalent causes of nonpoint pollution, the costs and consequences of such pollution, and ongoing efforts to solve these problems through approaches such as watershed management. Also included are eight regional case studies from San Francisco Bay to Santa Monica Bay and a glossary of terms.