2. System requirements and start up of this demonstration
First, We assume that the computer you are using is capable of playing broadband multimedia files. Most computers newer than 3 years old should work. Older computers may also perform well. If you plan to give a demonstration to other people on a different computer please test it for playback quality before the presentation.)
Second, open your Internet Browser.
Third, click on the hyperlink below to go to the Interactive Watersheds home page. This gives a brief overview of the project.
http://www.interactivewatersheds.net/
Next, select the U.S. Map link below to see a selection of Community Watersheds across the U.S. Five of these are now included in the Interactive Watersheds project and they are identified by a gold colored text and dot.
http://www.interactivewatersheds.net/uswtrmap.html
These watershed projects are located on the East coast – the Potomac, in Georgia - the Conasauga, in Colorado – the Upper South Platte, in Utah – the Upper Sevier, and in California – the Pit River.
To continue, please click on the Upper Sevier River Watershed site and this will open up the Home or Welcome page of the web site.
http://www.uppersevier.net/
Please notice on the “Home” page that we have produced an attractive design and interactive navigation features to six additional sub sections on the web site. Over a period of a year and a half many watershed groups around the country gave comments and suggestions as this template for the Interactive Watersheds web sites was being developed. We believe this template can contain almost any kind of information that a watershed group may want to communicate. In the future, additional watershed projects can be produced more efficiently and quickly if they use the same template concept.
The “Home” or “Welcome” page, where you are now, introduces you to the project. Notice that the picture and text below it on the left side of the menu or navigation bar changes as you roll your cursor over each main section link.
The “Background” page contains a brief overview and links to more detailed documents.
The “Partners” page identifies watershed partners and provides a link to each individual partner’s web site.
The “Site Index” page provides a list of the primary web site pages that exist on the site. All of these are hyperlinks, which will open up a specific page. Many of the “Resource Issues” panorama pages also contain many “hot spot” story pages not listed here.
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