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toc =Physical Data (2)= Alex Heitzenrater Michael Gigliotti Average Depth is .614m..................................................................Average Velocity is 28.57m/sec

To measure the temperature of the stream, we held a thermometer in the Jackson Run for one minute. To measure the temperature of the air we held a thermometer three feet above the ground, we held this for a minute too. We measured the stream width with a meter stick, we measured a clothesline that was marked with the beginning and end of the stream. We had four points on the clothesline, we called them point A, point B, point C, and point D. To measure the stream depth, we took the meter stick and measured how deep Jackson Run was at each of the four points. We found out that it was deepest at point A, and shallowest at point D. To find the stream velocity, we took a tennis ball and let it flow down Jackson Run. We started at point A, and let the tennis ball flow. We had someone time it, and someone yelled when to go and when to stop. We followed the same procedure for points B, C, and D. We found out that point D had the slowest time. The middle two had the fastest times. This was how we did physical data information. =Chemical Data (1)= Zane Shaffer Chemical Tests

Dissolved Oxygen- 9.8 ppm Total Hardness- .98 ppm Turbidity- 20 JTU Nitrate-Nitrogen-0 ppm pH-7 ppm Total Alkalinity- 42 ppm Iron- Less than .5 ppm

Chemical Data

Odor- none Color- clear Intensity- slightly clear

=Macroinvertebrates (biological) (1)= Shawnna Crago  For this activity we started with three people in the stream. They were Michael Gigliotti, Megan Muth, and Cheyanne Burkett. They moved their feet around the bottom of the stream to bring up the organisms in the net. After about 15 minutes of this, they took out the net and brought it up on dry land so we could sift through and find some organisms. All together we found 1 Cranefly Larva, 5 Mayfly Nymphs, 3 Midge Larvas, 1 Damselfly Nymph, and 3 Crayfish. After putting that information on our sheet, we had to evaluate and see what the Relative Abundance (RA) was for all the organims we found. The Weighting Factor did this for us. One to nine organisms is Rare (R), 10-99 organisms is common, and 100 or more oragnisms is dominant. Next, we had to find the stream quality. We did this by multiplying the 3 R's found in Group 1 Taxa by 5 and getting a total of 15. Then we did that same process for Group 2 Taxa by multiplying 2 by 3.2 because there were 2 R's found in that group. Lastly, we had to add the 15 by 6.4 to get a total of 21.4. This made the steam quality fair.
 * Procedure:**


 * **Group 1 Taxa** || **RA for Group 1** || **Group 2 Taxa** || **RA for Group 2** ||
 * Cranefly Larva - 1 || R || Damselfly Nymph - 1 || R ||
 * Mayfly Nymph - 5 || R || Crayfish - 3 || R ||
 * Midge Larva - 3 || R ||  ||   ||
 * Relative Abundance (RA) Weighting Factor R=(1-9) C=(10-99) D=(100 or more)**

(# of R's) x 5.0 3 x 5.0 = 15 (# of C's) x 5.6 0 x 5.6 = 0 (# of D's) x 5.3 0 x 5.3 = 0
 * Group 1 (Sensitive)**:
 * Total: 15**

(# of R's) x 3.2 2 x 3.2 = 6.4 (# of C's) x 3.4 0 x 3.4 = 0 (# of D's) x 3.0 0 x 3.0 = 0
 * Group 2 (Somewhat Sensitive)**:
 * Total: 6.4**

15 + 6.4 + 0 = **21.4**


 * Stream Quality Rating: Fair**

=Stream mapping (2)= Megan Muth
 * Meters || Y1 || Y2 ||
 * 0 || 2.1 meters || 8.15 meters ||
 * 3 || 1.9 meters || 8.63 meters ||
 * 6 || 2.1 meters || 9.75 meters ||
 * 9 || 2.62 meters || 10.5 meters ||
 * 12 || 3.71 meters || 11 meters ||
 * 15 || 4.9 meters || 11.7meters ||
 * 18 || 6.73 meters || 12.38 meters ||
 * 21 || 6.92 meters || 11.4 meters ||
 * 24 || 3.62 meters || 12.1 meters ||
 * 27 || 4.7 meters || 11.76 meters ||
 * 30 || 5 meters || 11.5 meters ||
 * 33 || 6.8 meters || 12 meters ||

Caroline Weaver

In stream mapping we mapped the measurements of the stream. To do this we set a 33 meter string on one side of the stream with clothes pins on the string spread out every three meters. To get the measurements we took a measuring tape and placed in at the first clothes pin, and pulled it over to the edge of the other side of the stream. We read the measurements where the edge of the stream started over to the other edge. We did this at each clothes pin. When we had all the data collected we then graphed our results. To do this we used the map shown above. The x axis represents the meters where the clothes pins were placed and the y axis represents the actual measurements from one edge to the other. For example at zero meters the measurements were 2.1 and 8.15. To graph that we went up from zero and marked a dot at 2.1, then went up from zero again and marked a dot at 8.15.

=Forest Ecology (2)= Lauren McGarvey CHEYANNE BURKETT

Things That Affect Water Quality:
 * chemicals (nitrates from farms, such as fertilizer)
 * sewage
 * deposition
 * mineral extraction (gas and coal)
 * trash
 * development (building)
 * ANIMAL WASTE

Impact By Man:
 * pipelines (erosion, affects water turbidity)
 * gas wells
 * construction

Land Uses: Turbidity: How clear the water is. Soil disturbances from land usage and impact by man causes excess soil to enter the water.
 * farms
 * grasslands
 * impervious (roads and pavement)
 * forest (blocks sun and provides decaying leaves for organisms in water to eat)

Cheyanne Burkett

photo by cheyanne burkett Green- Forests White-open land like farms and grasslands The area from the purple line in is the cloe lake watershed. The cloe lake watershed is around 1400 sq. meters