
Current Issue \| About Streamline \| Submissions \| Subscriptions \| Feedback Published by FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources Submissions Streamline Submission Guidelines Information in Streamline is presented to increase communication and understanding of innovative knowledge in watershed management. Articles on technical information, research results, perspectives, conference/workshop highlights, and other relevant submissions are welcomed. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin has a 14-year history of providing science-based information to support watershed management activities in British Columbia and the wider Pacific Northwest. We reserve the right to edit all submissions for content, style, and relevance to Streamline. While previously published papers may be accepted subject to the approval of the copyright holder, papers appearing in Streamline may be re-published elsewhere with the written consent of FORREX. Papers that have been rewritten to meet the goals of Streamline may also be accepted. We welcome your feedback on ideas or opinions that have appeared in past issues of Streamline. All material published reflects the opinions and conclusions of the contributing author(s), not necessarily those of FORREX, our editorial staff, or our funding partners. Word length Maximum 3000 words of text Article types Streamline accepts articles in the following categories: Information notes – overview of a new watershed management tool or publicly available data source Research results – results of original research with management application Syntheses – summary of the state-of-the-knowledge on a specific watershed management topic Project overviews – summary of a research or monitoring project that has applicability to the wider watershed management community Event summaries – summary of primary outcomes and take-home messages from workshops, conferences, field tours, etc. Awareness article – highlights the release of new publications or educational opportunities of interest to the watershed management community Subject to steering committee approval, other types of articles may be accepted. For examples of previous articles, please visit the Streamline archives. Additional criteria Streamline strives to bridge the gap between research and application of results. Authors are encouraged to consider the following questions in their articles: What is the problem/issue? How is it being addressed? What are the challenges? Lessons learned? (could be technical, methodological, or other) Management implications and applications and how widely applicable they are? Future directions? Formatting of articles for submission Streamline articles do not contain an abstract. Articles should be submitted in MS Word format (or compatible format, such as RTF) with double spaced text and a single space after a period. Headings and subheadings should cover all the major concepts in the manuscript and indicate the relationship between the sections. Try to use no more than three levels of headings. Use of a numbered heading hierarchy is recommended (i.e., 1 LEVEL ONE; 1.1 Level Two; 1.1.1 Level Three). All tables and figures should be appended at the end of the article, not inserted within the article text. Figures and Tables are to be clearly labeled with a number (e.g., Figure 1, Table 1) and a descriptive caption. Figures and tables should be numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the main body of the text. Following acceptance of the article, figures will need to be provided in an acceptable high resolution (i.e., 300 dpi) graphic format (jpeg, png, tiff, illustrator), or data may be provided in spreadsheet format (e.g., MS Excel) for generation of high quality charts. References use the author-date system when citing published works or acknowledging unpublished material in the text. List these references alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Explanatory footnotes should only be used minimally. Examples of bibliographic citation styles may be found in recent articles published in (http://www.forrex.org/publications/streamline/streamline.asp). Full contact information for all authors must be provided at the time of submission. Peer review of submissions At the discretion of the steering committee and editor, articles may undergo a double-blind external peer review process. How to submit If you have questions about Streamline or wish to propose or submit an article, please email streamline@forrex.org. Please note for submissions that the maximum email size is 7 MB, so larger files will need to be compressed or transferred via FTP.

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Submissions

Streamline Submission Guidelines
Information in Streamline is presented to increase communication and understanding of innovative knowledge in watershed management. Articles on technical information, research results, perspectives, conference/workshop highlights, and other relevant submissions are welcomed. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin has a 14-year history of providing science-based information to support watershed management activities in British Columbia and the wider Pacific Northwest.

We reserve the right to edit all submissions for content, style, and relevance to Streamline. While previously published papers may be accepted subject to the approval of the copyright holder, papers appearing in Streamline may be re-published elsewhere with the written consent of FORREX. Papers that have been rewritten to meet the goals of Streamline may also be accepted. We welcome your feedback on ideas or opinions that have appeared in past issues of Streamline.

All material published reflects the opinions and conclusions of the contributing author(s), not necessarily those of FORREX, our editorial staff, or our funding partners.

Word length
Maximum 3000 words of text

Article types
Streamline accepts articles in the following categories:

Information notes – overview of a new watershed management tool or publicly available data source
Research results – results of original research with management application
Syntheses – summary of the state-of-the-knowledge on a specific watershed management topic
Project overviews – summary of a research or monitoring project that has applicability to the wider watershed management community
Event summaries – summary of primary outcomes and take-home messages from workshops, conferences, field tours, etc.
Awareness article – highlights the release of new publications or educational opportunities of interest to the watershed management community

Subject to steering committee approval, other types of articles may be accepted. For examples of previous articles, please visit the Streamline archives.

Additional criteria
Streamline strives to bridge the gap between research and application of results. Authors are encouraged to consider the following questions in their articles:

What is the problem/issue?
How is it being addressed?
What are the challenges?
Lessons learned? (could be technical, methodological, or other)
Management implications and applications and how widely applicable they are?
Future directions?

Formatting of articles for submission
Streamline articles do not contain an abstract.

Articles should be submitted in MS Word format (or compatible format, such as RTF) with double spaced text and a single space after a period.

Headings and subheadings should cover all the major concepts in the manuscript and indicate the relationship between the sections. Try to use no more than three levels of headings. Use of a numbered heading hierarchy is recommended (i.e., 1 LEVEL ONE; 1.1 Level Two; 1.1.1 Level Three).

All tables and figures should be appended at the end of the article, not inserted within the article text. Figures and Tables are to be clearly labeled with a number (e.g., Figure 1, Table 1) and a descriptive caption. Figures and tables should be numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the main body of the text. Following acceptance of the article, figures will need to be provided in an acceptable high resolution (i.e., 300 dpi) graphic format (jpeg, png, tiff, illustrator), or data may be provided in spreadsheet format (e.g., MS Excel) for generation of high quality charts.

References use the author-date system when citing published works or acknowledging unpublished material in the text. List these references alphabetically at the end of the manuscript. Explanatory footnotes should only be used minimally. Examples of bibliographic citation styles may be found in recent articles published in (http://www.forrex.org/publications/streamline/streamline.asp).

Full contact information for all authors must be provided at the time of submission.

Peer review of submissions
At the discretion of the steering committee and editor, articles may undergo a double-blind external peer review process.

How to submit
If you have questions about Streamline or wish to propose or submit an article, please email streamline@forrex.org.

Please note for submissions that the maximum email size is 7 MB, so larger files will need to be compressed or transferred via FTP.