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Abstract: A multidisciplinary study initiated in the Muddy Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, in 2002-2003 revealed the need for turbidity and pathogen transport data from fourth-order streams, and a need for regular, systematic and longitudinal collection of water quality data in order to understand aquatic system health and the relationship between water quality and land use. The proposed investigation will build upon the interdisciplinary partnership begun in the earlier project to accomplish the following: (1) continue collection of monthly chemical and physical data at 8-16 sampling sites along Muddy Creek, (2) initiate stormflow and baseflow monitoring of turbidity and total suspended solids at three sites along a meander reach on the EKU Meadowbrook farm where a recent riparian tree planting and cattle fencing project has produced a protected region designed to reduce erosion and nutrient pollution, (3) perform discharge and stream channel cross-section surveys at selected sites along the stream, (4) conduct monthly fecal coliform counts at multiple sampling sites to establish baseline data related to seasonal longitudinal variation in pathogenic activity; and (5) analyze the data collected using GIS spatial techniques to establish a better understanding of the land use-water quality linkage at this local scale. The project builds upon previous efforts in the Muddy Creek watershed and continues a long-term effort that employs a unique multi-stage interdisciplinary teaching-research approach that includes undergraduate students and faculty from geography, geology, and wildlife management, plus graduate biology students, in hands-on investigative research. The proposed study would continue to provide data that will be included in undergraduate classes and will be used as the basis for a Masters thesis through the Department of Earth Sciences.

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Abstract: The purpose of this project is to investigate whether watershed data currently collected by regulatory and other agencies is sufficient to characterize the relationship between land use and water quality in a 4th order watershed. The study area is the Muddy Creek subbasin of the Kentucky River Watershed, which the 2000 Watershed Assessment Report identifies as a "high risk" subbasin of the Kentucky River Basin. Threats to water quality in the Muddy Creek includeidentified pathogens from agricultural sources or ineffective septic systems, potential cumulative downstream stormwater impacts from expanding suburban development, and proximity to the U.S. Army Bluegrass Depot which is a storage facility for conventional and chemical weapons including nerve gas.The study will employ a unique multi-stage interdisciplinary approach involving three different undergraduate classes taughtby three different faculty in subsequent semesters, each focusing on water quality and watershed management: "Environmental Land Use Planning" (Spring 2002), "Environmental Chemistry for Teachers" (Summer 2002), and "Environmental Geochemistry" (Fall 2002). The spatial and temporal data collected at each stage will be assembled and analyzed in an integrated GIS to investigate land-use/ water quality linkages.The projects' training potential is extensive. In addition to the experience gained by the two student assistants funded under the proposal, more than 40 EKU students will be exposed to water quality testing and watershed planning over thecourse of the project. Because one of the associated courses is directed at in-service K-12 teachers, the "trickle-down" training potential is even greater, as these teachers incorporate local water quality monitoring into their curricula throughout the state. The GIS work will be accomplished with the help of an advanced undergraduate research assistantwho will gain experience in all facets of creating and maintaining a GIS project, as well as in a wide range of GIS and statistical analytical techniques. As the GIS analysis is developed, demonstration modules will be prepared and used in the three classes involved in this project to teach GIS analytical and data visualization techniques.

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