On Saturday, I gave a talk at the Midwest-Great Lakes Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) meeting in Wooster, Ohio. This meeting was my introduction to SER, and I was pleased by the mix of academics and practitioners and terrestrial and aquatic folks that the conference brought together. My favorite talks …
My favorite way to get students excited about dam removal is this video produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, on the removal of Marmot Dam, near Portland, Oregon in 2008. Part of the reason I love this video is it shows off Gordon Grant‘s enthusiasm for river science.
A student and I are working on finishing a project that has lingered for too many years: a careful analysis of the cumulative effects of river management on islands in the lower part of Pool 6 of the Mississippi River, near my hometown of Winona, Minnesota. There will be a …
A compilation of some of the better resources available on line for rain garden design. If you find other good resources, please contact me or leave a comment. A good place to get started: http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org/raingarden_design/index.htm “the bible” of bioretention http://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/Government/AgencyIndex/DER/ESG/Bioretention/pdf/Bioretention%20Manual_2009%20Version.pdf A stormwater runoff calculator useful for sizing your rain garden, based on the …
Cross-posted at Highly Allochthonous It all began at the end of February, when I travelled to La Crosse, Wisconsin to the Upper Midwest Stream Restoration Symposium, which was a really stimulating and vital mix of academics, consultants, and government folks all interested in improving the state of the science and …
The flickr caption reads: “Map of the the Upper Tana landforms and rivers published in ‘Nature’s Benefits in Kenya Nature’s Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being,’ 2007 (image credit: ILRI and the World Resources Institute, the Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing of the Kenya …
The 100th anniversary of Ohio’s greatest disaster is just days away. This epic hydro-meteorological event utterly ravaged river towns from Illinois to Ohio and beyond, but it seems like the event has largely been forgotten in history’s annals. Even flood-obsessed me had lived in Ohio for a few months before …
Combined sewers are pipes that catch both sewage and stormwater and route it to a waste water treatment plant. In dry weather, it’s all sewage in the pipes. In small rain storms, the pipes carry sewage mixed with stormwater and it all goes to the wastewater treatment plant to get …
A student in my urban hydrology class shared this with me after I showed the UNESCO water in cities video in class. Like the video, this graphic is great. Fresh water for all infographic by antoniodivico.
Next week my Urban Hydrology class embarks on their first project: exploring the potential water quality changes in the Cuyahoga River as it flows through the City of Kent, which is really the first good-sized town on its path to Lake Erie. Here’s a summary of what we’ll be doing, …