Over the years John and Lynn Lyon have worked on water issues with great interest and heart.

A hallmark of their scholarship has been helping others with scientific authorship. Books are a great way to capture thoughts and methods making them accessible to others worldwide. In that vein here they have advanced a whole cadre of thought leaders with a broad focus on water.

Whether local, regional, continental, or global scale water issues unite passions.

Part of the challenge is the breadth and complexity of water. If many people take a piece the whole society can fashion sustainable outcomes. The Handbook is focused on presenting a number of ways to facilitate these thoughtful contributions.

John earned his Doctorate at the University of Michigan and Lynn earned her Master's Degree at Ohio State University.

1. Introduction to Volume III, 2. Introduction to Volume III and Two-Stage Ditch and River Geomorphology Case Study, 3. Water Resources and Agricultural Ditch Management, 4. Active Floodplain Requirements for Sustaining Two-Stage Channel Geometry, 5. Enhanced Channel Design v2.6: A Design Tool for Two-Stage Ditches and Self-Forming Channels, 6. Evaluating Geomorphic Change in Constructed TwöStage Ditches, 7. Air-Photo-Based Change in Channel Width Sedimentation in the Minnesota River Basin, 8. Hydrologic Alteration Drives Channel Widening and Alters Sandbar Vegetation Dynamics on a Large, Alluvial River in Minnesota, USA, 9. A Comparison of Methods for Prioritizing Lakes in Minnesota, 10. Water Yield Ecosystem Services Assessment in Periyar Tiger Reserve, 11. Water Quality Parameters as Related to Small Watershed Land Cover, 12. Soil Moisture Estimation Using a SAR Water Cloud Model for an Improved Anchor Pixel Selection Process in SEBAL