Links to Other Web Resources
Upper Neuse River Basin Association
"The Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA) was formed in 1996 to provide an ongoing forum for cooperation on water quality protection and water resource planning and management within the 770-square-mile watershed. The 8 municipalities, 6 counties, and local Soil and Water Conservation Districts in the watershed voluntarily formed the Association."
- from the Upper Neuse River Basin Association 'About the Upper Neuse River Basin Association' www.unrba.org/aunrba.htm
NC State University Extension Service
"The world today is dependent on biological and agricultural systems in the production of food, feed, and fiber; the conservation of our natural resources; and the delivery of health. Today's engineering and technology graduates must be qualified to contribute to our rapidly expanding technology base and to play an integral part in the decision making process. The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering offers three four-year undergraduate programs.
The biological and biomedical engineering programs are jointly administered by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering. Graduates from these programs are engineers who develop engineering solutions to problems in biology and agriculture. Problem areas include biomechanics, tissue engineering, food processing and preservation, water and waste management, air and water quality control, environmental control for animal and plant production systems, and machine systems for agricultural and biological systems."
- from the 'About Biological & Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University' web page www.bae.ncsu.edu/resources1/about/index.htm
NC Watershed Coalition, Inc.
"North Carolina has 17 river basins, each with its own unique characteristics. NC Watershed Coalition, Inc. represents individuals, stakeholders and organizations who understand and support the need to work together, for our common good, to restore and protect North Carolina's water.
River Basins represent the surface area drained by the springs, streams and creeks that make their way to one river. Watersheds are the components of these basins, defining drainage areas for these surface waters as they flow. River Basins are shaped by "the collective and opposing forces of mountain building and weathering." Geological activity builds mountains as wind and rain weather, sculpting the ridges, valleys and plains that give the basin its definition. Some of the rivers that are formed flow on to our coast, creating, sustaining and literally providing life for our estuaries through their minimum and maximum flows. Others drain into adjoining states before making the ocean their final destination."
- from the NC Watershed Coalition, Inc. home page www.ncwatershedcoalition.org
Upper Neuse Region Data System
www.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/gis/regional/upneuse/upneuse.html
"The Upper Neuse Region Data System is a prototype project aiming to assist communities in North Carolina with planning and managing their development. Initially, this data collection encompasses a 14-county area surrounding the Research Triangle. This region incorporates the core counties of the Research Triangle, Triangle J Council of Governments, and Upper Neuse River Basin. The following counties are included in the region: Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Harnett, Lee, Nash, Orange, Person, Wake, and Wilson.
This database contains numerous layers of socioeconomic data, natural resource collection, and data on the built environment relevant for regional planning. World Wide Web users can, explore, create, query, and print maps displaying information about the Upper Neuse Region."
- from the Upper Neuse Region Data System home page www.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/gis/regional/upneuse/upneuse.html