Title: Describe the hydrological cycle and its effect on streams and watersheds.
Course: Forestry Management, Advanced (18502-II) > Section: Viewing the Forest as a Community (Ecology)

Description should include

- major steps of the hydrologic cycle
- role of transpiration
- forest dependence on water
  - growth
  - reproduction
  - disease/pest cycles
- benefits of forest to water systems
  - water filtration
  - erosion control
  - riparian zones
  - water quality.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How might our water resources be different without the benefits trees provide?
- What effects would diminished water resources have on forest ecosystems?
- What effect might the rate of transpiration have on other steps in the hydrologic cycle?