USFS Forests to Faucets 2.0 Assessment

<p><b>Open the Data Resource:</b> <a href='https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/4e450a6c7ed24f0cbae4abc1c07843b7' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/4e450a6c7ed24f0cbae4abc1c07843b7</a></p> <p>The National Forests to Faucets 2.0 (F2F2) Assessment is a geographic analysis by the U.S. Forest Service that identifies watersheds most important to surface drinking water consumers and looks at potential threats to those watersheds including fire, insects and disease, land use change, and reduced water yield due to a changing climate.</p> <p>The Forests to Faucets 2.0 Story Map Collection includes the Forests to Faucets 2.0 Data Explorer: a user-friendly tool that lets forest managers and planners identify important watersheds for drinking water supply based on the population served, forest cover, riparian condition and hydrology. The tool can also assess threats to water supply under current and future climate and land uses conditions, offering information for protecting or restoring forests that are important for drinking water. The F2F2 maps can be incorporated into broad-scale planning, such as State Forest Action Plans, and can help identify vulnerable watersheds for further local analysis. In addition, information generated from F2F2 can be used in other decision-support tools to provide spatial information about surface drinking water management. Ultimately, sound management of forests for clean drinking water supply benefits the American public as a whole.</p>