problem of watershed management. Environmental law Environmental laws often dictate the planning and actions that agencies take to manage watersheds. Some laws require that planning be done, others can be used to make a plan legally enforceable and others set out the ground rules for what can and cannot be done in development and planning. Most countries and states have their own laws regarding watershed management. Those concerned about aquatic habitat protection have a right to participate in the laws and planning processes that affect aquatic habitats. By having a clear understanding of whom to speak to and how to present the case for keeping our waterways clean a member of the public can become an effective watershed protection advocate. See also Biomanipulation Integrated landscape management Integrated water resources management Source water protection References Further reading Erickson, J.D., Messner, F. and I. Ring, eds. (2007). Ecological Economics of Sustainable Watershed Management. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sabatier, P. A. (2005). Swimming Upstream: Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management. The MIT Press. Wagner, W., Gawel, J., Furumai, H., De Souza, M. P., Teixeira, D., Rios, L., ... & Hemond, H. F. (2002). Sustainable watershed management: an international multi-watershed case study. Ambio, 2-13.rakshitarya98 Freshwater ecology Hydrology Water and the environment Fisheries protection Natural resource management