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Water Quality Tests

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Conclusion

Based on the data we have collected our group will explain how the plants, and animals of Douglas creek survive together?
In our stream reach, we have some riffles. The riffles make oxygen for the fish so they can breath underwater. Next the grass and vegetation is important because it will help the animals so they can live with out dieing. Deer and rabbits can eat the grass for food. Plants also make food for the bears like berries. Trees shade the creek. This is important because this allows for the water to stay at the right temperature for the fish and other creatures. The soil found at the creek helps the trees grow. Soil is made of organic material like dead grass and leaves. It seems like the human activity is not bothering this area in site 7. Site 7 has a lot of living things around the water, and in the water. That is what site 7 has around.

Photo: group working.

This is Taylor, Shannda Mckalin and Katja working toghter to find macro invertebrates that live in organic materail that is on rocks in the water. How to get them me Taylor and Mckalin had to get in the deep water and scrub the rocks in the water and try not to lift the rock from the water. Shannda and Katija had to get two meters sticks and a net and put the meter stick in the net because that captures the bugs in the net. Once we had to get the bugs out we used spoons and put them in ice trays. Then we observed them and identified the bugs.

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Site Map

Site seven has lots of weeds and grass. We have two small waterfalls running by each other.The first time we went to Douglas Creek we saw a deid crawdad. We also found some deer scat but we didn't take it because it was fresh. We never got to see any animals.

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Location Douglas creek
Date and Time 5-14-08
Observer Taylor

Latitude47 29.422 Longitude119 53.978
Site Code Site 7

Location Description There was very tall grass it was tall. There was one big tree that had no leaves. Last there was a hole bunch of tics.

Purpose/Question Will the Tall grass get taller in two weeks?

Notes:

Macroinvertebrate graph

pH Dissolved Oxygen

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Site Survey Summary 08

Site seven is at the stream called Douglas Creek. The town ship is 23 the range is 23. The reach we are studying is one hundred feet long. Once you read our report you will learn 11 things about site #7.

First we will inform you about the riparian zone. Site seven’s left bank looking down stream is 0-50 ft. wide and it is the same width on the right side of the bank looking down stream. The vegetation covering our site was deciduous, shrubs and trees. Also grass and herbs covered about 50% of our site. We did not have any conifer trees. The over head canopy is 0-25%.

Next the channel will be described for you. The channel is a shape of a flat bottom.
The sites longitudinal pattern is not braided or straight it is meandering.

On our stream bank our vegetation cover was abundant. There was no artificial bank protection. Our bank has three things. First the bank was intact. Second the bank had erosion in some areas. Last the was bank collapsed in so some areas. Finally our reach habitat had a total of five riffles. The total of pools at our site is five. The total of riffle is 50 percent.

In are stream reach there is no dams, no culverts, no pips, no diversion, no storm drains, no Weirs and no litter.


In conclusion you now know a lot of thing about Douglas creek and what you find there.
Thanks for reading our report.