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Sediment Workgroup
CPCB facilitates a regional sediment workgroup consisting of aquatic
ecologists, biologists, and hydrologists from throughout EPA Region 7 to
evaluate linkages between sediment indicators and biological indicators
within streams of the Central Plains region. The overall goal of this
project is to promote the identification, quantification, and understanding
of sediment and sediment erosion processes on aquatic life.
In order to accomplish the project goals, the workgroup will 1) continue
to
identify and assess current sediment/aquatic resource information relative
to regional needs; 2) conduct an exhaustive literature search to compile
existing data on relationships between sediment indicators and associated
biological indicators in streams throughout the United States; 3) collect
and organize regional data on sediment and biological indicators from
organizations and researchers within Region 7, and 4) use multivariate
statistical analyses to evaluate relationships between sediment and
biological indicators. The results from these analyses will be used to
develop a second year proposal designed to test specific hypotheses
regarding linkages between sediment and biological indicators within streams
of the Central Plains region. Combined, this research will provide the
framework for assessing sediment impairment within the Central Plains region
and for the development of sediment-related TMDLs.
Summary Matrix
providing station, station name, agency name, drainage area: --Click for matrix--
Maps
Coordinates of mapped sites were taken from the ArcView coverages provided below – integrated into the above summary matrix.
--All KSSCC, NSL, KDWP, KDHE, &
KBS stream sites, USEPA Region VII--
--All sites with geomorphology
& biological data in Kansas--
--All sites with sediment &
biological data in Kansas--
--All sites with geomorphology,
sediment, & biological data in Kansas--
ArcView Coverages
--NSL-- --KSSCC-- --KDWP-- --KDHE--
Summary of Data and Activities
Workgroup Members
Name (Click name for e-mail) |
Affiliation (Click name to go to organization's website) |
| Debbie Baker | CPCB |
| Phil Balch | State Conservation Commission Kansas |
| Rick Davis | Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
| Brock Emmert | State Conservation Commission Kansas |
| Jack Generaux | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Don Huggins | CPCB |
| Roger Kuhnle | US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service |
| Ann Lavaty | Workgroup Coordinator -- Environmental Protection Agency |
| Andrew Simon | US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service |
| Tom Stiles | Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
