Preferred Citations

Other citation styles may be applied, but the following information should be represented when citing WHAF website content.

Text within the WHAF website:

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Watershed Health Assessment Framework. [“Page Title”]. [Page Specific URL]. Accessed [Date of Retrieval].

WHAF publication:

Knudsen, B.J., Krause, K.P., Radomski, P.J., Kloiber, S.M. (2024). The Watershed Health Assessment Framework: Integrating Geospatial Data and System Science to Advance Natural Resource Management in Minnesota. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2024_1197

Online applications:

WHAF: Explorer

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Watershed Health Assessment Framework: Explorer.” https://arcgis.dnr.state.mn.us/ewr/whaf2/. Accessed [Date of Retrieval].

WHAF: Lakes

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Watershed Health Assessment Framework: Lakes.” https://arcgis.dnr.state.mn.us/ewr/whaflakes/. Accessed [Date of Retrieval].

WHAF: Land Cover

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Watershed Health Assessment Framework: Land Cover.” https://arcgis.dnr.state.mn.us/ewr/whaflanduse/. Accessed [Date of Retrieval].

Major watershed reports:

Context report

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “WHAF Context Report - St. Louis River Watershed.” September 2017, https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/natural_resources/water/watersheds/tool/watersheds/context_report_major_3.pdf.

Health Report Card

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, “WHAF Watershed Report Card – St. Louis River Watershed.” September 2015, https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/natural_resources/water/watersheds/tool/watersheds/ReportCard_Major_3.pdf

Climate summary

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, “WHAF Climate Summary for Watersheds - St. Louis River Watershed.” June 2019,  https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/natural_resources/water/watersheds/tool/watersheds/climate_summary_major_3.pdf

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