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You are invited to view Bruce's photo album: Banshee Reeks Basic Seepage Swamp 2008-09-04
Banshee Reeks Basic Seepage Swamp 2008-09-04
Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Loudoun County, VA -
Sep 4, 2008
by Bruce
Potential Stream monitoring locations along the stream that feeds the Basic Mountain-Piedmont Seepage Swamp

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy's 

Stream Monitoring Videos

  1. Stream Monitoring Video 1: Introduction 
  2. Stream Monitoring Video 2: The Equipment 
  3. Stream Monitoring Video 3: Sampling the Stream 
  4. Stream Monitoring Video 4: Examining the Net  
  5. Stream Monitoring Video 5: The Data

You can access the handout for the field exercises here

Watershed Links and Resources

The Watershed Concept

Loudoun County Watersheds Home 

GooseCreek2002Study.pdf 

NWF_ChesapeakeReportFINAL.pdf 

Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats of the Chesapeake Bay - 12 page summary 

Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats of the Chesapeake Bay - Full Report (9.95 Mb) 

State of the Nations River: Potomac Watershed 2007 Report (pdf) 

State of the Nations River - You Tube Video 

EPA - Surf your watershed 

 

Wetland Links and Resources

Virginia DEQ - Wetlands Home 

Backyard Wetland - NRCS 

Society of Wetland Scientists 

Wetland Trail Design and Construction - FHA 

Children's Activity - Watch a Wetland Wash Up! 

EPA - Wetland Types 

Wetland-related Educational Resources - SWS 

Wetland Conservation Lesson Plans 

EPA - Wetland Curriculum Materials 

Wetlands Education and Outreach Materials - USGS 

How to Design a Wetlands Education & Regulatory Workshop - ASWM 

Study Traces Frog Population Decline To Weed Killer 

Wetland Restoration: The Best Alternative to Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies? 

 1910 NY Times Advertisement 

Planners Guide to Wetland Buffers for Local Governments 

The Young Scientists Wetland Guide

 Beavers dam good for songbirds 

Cattails Perform Double Duty as Soil Rebuilders and Carbon Scrubbers 

Wetlands Update--Has Preservation Had an Impact?: Scientific American 

ESA - Observing the Earth - Securing Our Environment - Connection between health of wetlands and humans in focus  

Making 2008 the Year of the Frog : TreeHugger 

Early settlers drained marshy US landscape - earth - 17 January 2008 - New Scientist Environment 

Louisiana’s Wetlands Are Being Lost At The Rate Of One Football Field Every 38 Minutes

US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District - Wetland Permitting 

Other Related Links and Online Resources

Environmental Concern 

EPA - Wetlands Home 

Wetlands - Wikipedia

National Wetlands Inventory 

Wetlands Regulation Center 

EPA - Watersheds Home 

Ducks Unlimited 

Izaak Walton League 

Aquatic Ecosystems – Rivers and Streams 

Aquatic Ecosystems – Wetlands  

Water Quality – Pollutant Sources and Impacts 

Groundwater Contamination 

Stream Monitoring 

Groundwater Supply