Water-use data are collected and compiled every 5 years by the USGS, in cooperation with the NHDES and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Activity guides with an accompanying watershed map were created for teachers of 4-8th grade students throughout the two States. The activities in these guide books can be used to teach students about watersheds and water use in New Hampshire and Vermont.

The guidebooks encourage the development of skills that are recommended by the New Hampshire and Vermont Departments of Education curriculum standards. The guide books and watershed maps are available by contacting the Outreach Coordinator at (603) 226-7837 or dhfoster@usgs.gov.

The activity guides (without the maps) also are available online at
http://nh.water.usgs.gov./Publications/online_publications.htm

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