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The North Fork Shenandoah Instream Flow Study:

using analytical tools for water management decisions

A cooperative, multi-agency study involving

• Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission, Technical Committee
• Virginia Tech
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF)
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)

And incorporating several components

• Water Quality Investigation
• Mesohabitat Assessment
• Hydraulic Modeling
• Stream Habitat Modeling
• Temperature Modeling

To understand the relationships between low-flow conditions and usable instream habitat in the North Fork Shenandoah River.