Creek Watchers: Exploring the Worlds of Creeks and Streams

Creek Watchers: Exploring the Worlds of Creeks and Streams
Author: Jill Shinkle
Publisher: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1995
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781601073570

Part of the Aquatic Science Learning Activities curriculum. Creek Watchers explores the impact that land use near a creek has on the health of plants and animals through learning about street runoff, pollutants, erosion, water quality, water flow, and debris. Participants will also learn how to identify trees found near creeks and how creek organisms adapt to survive in a changing environment.

DuPage County Illinois Fishing & Floating Guide Book

DuPage County Illinois Fishing & Floating Guide Book
Author: Jim Maccracken
Publisher: Recreational Guides
Total Pages: 687
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

DuPage County Illinois Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 687 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. NEW NEW Now with a complete set of 12 full sized U.S.G.S. Topographical Maps for the entire county that normally cost from $12.00 to $14.00 each but are included on the disk for FREE. These maps are complete full sized 7.5 minute series quadrangle maps in 1:24,000 scale maps. Contains complete information on Abbywood Park Pond Arboretum Woods Park Lake Addison Centennial Park Pond Armstrong Park Ponds Army Trail Nature Center Pond Baileywood Park Pond Bass Lake * Beaver Pond Lake Bierman Park Lake Birchwood Park Lake Blackwell Lake Bloomingdale Ponds Brighton Ridge Park Lake Carol Acres Park Lake Carol Stream Community Park Lake Catfish Lake* Cheshire Park Lake Chirxhill Woods FP Lake Cloverdale Pond* College Road Park Pond Commissioners Park Pond Community Park Pond Cornerstone Park Lake Country Lakes Park Lakes Deep Quarry Lake* Dunham Place Park Pond Dupage River Parks East Pond DuPage Rivers (F) East Branch F P Lakes Easton Park Pond Evergreen Lake Recreation Area Lake Fair Oaks Park Pond Four Seasons Park Lake Fox Dale Park Lake Franzen Grove Park Lake Gerald Weeks Memorial Park Ponds Gladstone Park Pond Goose Lake Park Lake Green Lake* Greene Valley F P Lakes Grove Lake* Hampton Hill Park Lake Harbor East Park Lake Harbor West Park Lake Hawthorne Park Pond Heritage Farms Parks Ponds Heritage Park Lake Herrick Lake* Herrick Park Lake Hidden Lake* Hidden Pond Park Pond Horsetail Pond* Hunters Woods Park Lake Ides Grove East Park Lake Ides West Park Lake Jirsa Park Pond Knowls Park Pond Lagoon Park Lake Lake Carlton Lake Ellyn Park Lake Lake Foxcroft Lake Harriett Park Lake Lake Manor Park Pond Lakeview Park Lakes Lambert Lake Leisberg Park Pond Leslie Park Pond Lisle Park Ponds Lufkin Prk Pond Madison Meadow Park Pond Mallard Lake* Manary Park Pond Maple Lake* May Watts Park Lake Mayfair Station Park Ponds Mays Lakes McCaslin Park Pond Meadowbrook Park Pond Mill Pond Park Lake Mitchell Lakes Park Lakes Mud Lake Muddy Waters Park Lake Muskrat Pond Naperville Centennial Park Pond North Terrace Park Pond Northside Park Lagoon Oakwood Park Lake O'Brien Park Lake Old Grove Park Ponds Old Tavern Road Park Lake Olesen Estates Park Pond Orchard Brook Park Pond Panfish Park Lake Patriots Park Lake Pickerel Lake* Pioneer Park Pond Poss Lake* Prairie Trail Park Pond Prince Park Pond Prospect Park Ponds Rathje Lagoon Riverbend Pond Riverwalk Park Lake Round Meadow Lake* Rush Lake* Salt Creek (F) Schrader Park Ponds Seven Gables Park Pond Shining Waters Park Pond Silver Lake* Songbird Slough South Grove Park Pond South Spring Lake Southland Park Pond Spring Creek Reservoir* Spring Lake Springbrook Crossing Park Pond Springfield Park Lake St Joseph Creek Stonewort Pond* Summer Lakes Park Lakes Summerfield Lakes Park Lakes Sunfish Pond* Sunrise Park Pond Sutton Lake Tedrahn Park Lake Terrace View Park Pond Timber Lake* Timberlake Park Lake Toohey Park Pond Turner Park Pond Twin Lakes Park Ponds Ty Warner Park Ponds Veterans Park Lakes Vista Park Pond Waubonsie Park Lake West Lagoon* Westglen Commons Park Lake Westlake Park Lake Westmore Woods Park Ponds White Pine Pond* Willow Pond and Winding Creek Park Pond (F) means floatable river (*) indicates a structure map

Urban Stormwater Management in the United States

Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2009-03-17
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0309125391

The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.

Urban Runoff Quality Management

Urban Runoff Quality Management
Author: Water Environment Federation
Publisher: ASCE Publications
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781572780392

This manual comprises a holistic view of urban runoff quality management. For the beginner, who has little previous exposure to urban runoff quality management, the manual covers the entire subject area from sources and effects of pollutants in urban runoff through the development of management plans and the design of controls. For the municipal stormwater management agency, guidance is given for developing a water quality management plan that takes into account receiving water use objectives, local climatology, regulation, financing and cost, and procedures for comparing various types of controls for suitability and cost effectiveness in a particular area. This guidance will also assist owners of large-scale urban development projects in cost-effectively and aesthetically integrating water quality control to the drainage plan. The manual is also directed to designers who desire a self-contained unit that discusses the design of specific quality controls for urban runoff.

Watershed Hydrology

Watershed Hydrology
Author: Vijay P. Singh
Publisher: Allied Publishers
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2003
Genre: Groundwater
ISBN: 9788177645477

Evaluating and Conserving Green Infrastructure Across the Landscape

Evaluating and Conserving Green Infrastructure Across the Landscape
Author: Karen Firehock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Land use
ISBN: 9780989310307

This is the New York State edition of the GIC's guide to evaluating and conserving green infrastructure (GI) across the landscape. It provides an historical background to GI, as well as practical steps for creating GI maps and plans for a community. It discusses issues around evaluating green assets, public involvement in the mapping process, and the practical steps in bringing together GIS information into a useful format. It draws from twelve field tests GIC has conducted over the past six years in a diversity of ecological and political conditions, at multiple scales, and in varied development patterns – from wildlands and rural areas to suburbs, cities and towns. This guide is intended to help people make land management decisions which recognize the interdependence of healthy people, strong economies and a vibrant, intact and biologically diverse landscape. Green infrastructure consists of our environmental assets – which GIC also calls ‘natural assets’ – and they should be included in planning processes. Planning to conserve or restore green infrastructure ensures that communities can be vibrant, healthful and resilient. Having clean air and water, as well as nature-based recreation, attractive views and abundant local food, depends upon considering our environmental assets as part of everyday planning. Available from GIC at www.gicinc.org.

Stream Corridor Restoration

Stream Corridor Restoration
Author:
Publisher: National Technical Info Svc
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1998
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This document is a cooperative effort among fifteen Federal agencies and partners to produce a common reference on stream corridor restoration. It responds to a growing national and international interest in restoring stream corridors.