The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment 

   The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment is dedicated to studying, preserving, and interpreting the remarkable aquatic system that surrounds it as it extends that attention and concern to all freshwater systems. The Meadows Center aims to develop and promote holistic approaches to the management of river systems, including the springs, streams, aquifers, and the watersheds that feed them, as well as the lakes, bays, and estuaries into which they flow. The support the key principles of sustainability and equitable use in guiding sound water policy and solutions at the local, national, and international level.