Case Study: Marsh Creek

East Turkey Creek is located in southeast Arizona in the Chiricahua Mountains along the New Mexico border. The Chiricahua Mountain Range is one of the largest Sky Islands in the Sky Island region of the United States with a total area greater than 140,000 ha and elevations ranging from approximately 1,100 to 2975 m. East Turkey Creek is located on the eastern side of the Chiricahua Mountain Range and flows northeast from its spring source in Rustler Park towards the town of Paradise, AZ before fully infiltrating. Stream flow near the source is perennial, whereas most of the stream is characterized by intermittency, usually drying up to remnant pools in late May or June. The flow itself is driven in part by spring source and in part by early spring snowmelt, with peak flows occurring in July and August during the monsoon season. The nearest climate station is in Paradise, AZ. The average minimum temperature is -4.2°C and occurs in January. The average maximum temperature is 31.2°C, occurring in June. Mean annual precipitation is 486 mm (Western Regional Climate Center, Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary, www.wrcc.dri-edu).

Geology: Built when the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company built a dam on the Flambeau River downstream from its confluence with the Turtle River

As the company expanded, so did the family’s extravagant lifestyle. But, unbeknownst to investors and regulators, Adelphia was paying for most of it (Beebe & Michel, 2002). John built the family home on a large plot of land he named Wending Creek. Although it was considered a commerical farm, Wending Creek’s primary source of income was the $2 million a year it received for performing general maintenance and landscaping for Adelphia offices (Beebe & Michel, 2002). The company also paid $26 million for the 3,600 acres adjacent to the farm to preserve the view for the Rigas family (Associated Press, 2004). When the Rigases purchased the Buffalo Sabres, they made a point to publicly state that the family would own the hockey team, not the company. However, Adelphia was holding $150 million in loans on the team (Beebe & Michel, 2002). When John wanted to gift local residents with tickets to the games, Adelphia paid the family $744,000 for entertainment expenses including luxury-box rentals (Burke et al., 2002). Wife Doris had a flair for interior design and ran the family-owned company Eleni Interiors. In 2001, Adelphia paid Eleni over $12 million for office furnishing and paid Doris herself $371,000 for design services (Beebe & Michel, 2002). When son Michael bought a condo in Colorado, Adelphia footed the

After researching all the chemicals that were given, I have concluded that the company, Sarah’s House of Wax, is responsible for the “burning water” in Big Darby Creek. They use the chemical petroleum ether, which is causing the many unwanted flames in the water. Petroleum ether has many physical and chemical properties that led me to believe it was the contender causing the problem. After watching the video of the burning water, petroleum ether’s slightly flammability, white color, insolubility in water, and extremely low flash point has caused me to believe it is the chemical to blame.

Scenario: In the community of Campbell River, British Columbia (the salmon capital of the world), concerns have been raised with regards to the issue of overfishing. Some members of the community do not believe the fishing industry should continue; however, they might not fully understand the political/economic/environmental implications of this decision upon others in the community. As a result, the mayor of Campbell River has decided to hold a town hall to listen to the various viewpoints of those affected by the fishing industry. They have invited the BC Supreme Court to hold a ruling to decide whether or not salmon fishing will continue among the coastal provinces.

How have urbanization processes impacted the geomorphology of the D’Olive Creek Watershed? This project will explore the known environmental impacts of the urbanization process and compare this to the impacts of urbanization in the D’Olive Creek Watershed, with specific emphasis on the temporal geomorphology of the area. The D’Olive Creek Watershed is located in Baldwin County, Alabama and is part of Mobile Bay, which is classified as one of the largest and most ecologically significant estuaries in the United States – it is also a member of the National Estuary Program (Stout et al. 1998, p. xv). There are many anthropogenic factors associated with urban development that could detrimentally impact the local environment: impervious surfaces,

After James robs the Epstein's store, he gets cut all along his arms from glass shards. Once this occurs, James doesn't know where else to go other than the cave that him and Alfred grew up going to. After a while of just sitting there Alfred comes. He tells James that he has "plenty of blood for [him]" both figuratively and literally. When he says it initially he probably meant that he could donate blood to make up for the loss of James', but looking deeper into this statement it could further mean that, even after James hurt him, Alfred would now be there for James. After this all happens and James and Alfred reunite, Alfred takes him to the hospital to get James' arms bandaged. After James come out of the hospital he is going to try to stop

For nearly 3 years, the Johnson Lake Development lease committee has been working diligently to come to an agreement with Central Nebraska Public Power (CNPPID) on a simplified alternate lease that is fair to both parties. Last February, the Central board voted to approve a lease fee structure for the next 30 years, and on July 5th, they approved the terms of the lease.

On Friday September 23, 2016, at approximately 12:00pm in the afternoon, a very tragic and rare incident happened at the Stoney Creek dump. At the scene, there were a couple of workers and the manager who had arrived after the fire was extinguished. We asked one of the workers named Kevin Brown what had happened, and he stated: “I have no idea what happened, I was just eating my lunch.” The manager Dave Sky claimed “We believe that the fire was not naturally caused because we have never had this issue at the dump, and it is extremely rare for any material at the site to have issues with combustion.” Mia Owen a worker at the site was asked where she was during what had happened. She stated: “I was at the dump smoking a cigarette.” The dump

Campbell Rive is the third largest city on the island, and really acts as a gateway hub to northern Vancouver Island.

In the year of 2003, the Imperial Irrigation District of Southern California decided to settle and sell their share of the Colorado River to the San Diego County Water Authority. This settlement became the nation’s largest ag-to-urban water conservation transfer agreement called the Quantification Settlement Agreement. This created many pacts between multiple water districts to help California with their 4.4 million acre-foot entitlement to the Colorado River water. There is some of this water being released to the Salton Sea to help mitigate some of the negative environmental impacts that are happening. This agreement though called for water flow to go to the Salton Sea still for the first fifteen years because of the negative effects,

The condo was right by the beach, being a 1 minute walking distance from the beach. The condo had a pool, just like most of the condos on the Island.

The Colorado river provided the Southwestern states with the water source they needed to provide for the population, agriculture and energy. California has been seeing a population growth and that meant more water they needed from the Colorado River. The Colorado Basin states feared California would establish priority rights to Colorado River water (Gelt, 1997). Delph Carpenter, a Colorado attorney, suggested a compact to determine each state’s individual rights to the Colorado River, before the Federal government intervenes, therefore each state agreed of an interstate compact to share the water. The boulder project, or what is known the Hoover Dam, was a major advantage to California, which gave them more access to the water supply. Arizona, however was at a disadvantage, especially for the southern-central population. Arizona Central Arizona Project was to solved the water scarcity and the project was started, when Arizona asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a judicial apportionment (Gelt, 1997). After eleven year

My involvement and support in implementing and maintaining creek restoration projects has been an extremely rewarding focus and exposure during my internship. The City’s most active creek restoration site is Lower Colgan Creek Phase 1, which Sean McNeil had taught me to care for by leading public events, monitoring vegetation succession, and preforming on-site watering and maintenance. During the summer of 2017, I served as the lead for operating our water trailer to distribute water to the restoration projects under established native plants. Since learning about the native, ecological, and historic context of the Colgan Creek restoration reach, I’ve been able to share this knowledge with volunteers,

On October 6 of 2017, I arrived at the Conodoguinet creek with a mission of solving a question that burned inside all of my fellow students' minds. Was the creek polluted? If so, heavily polluted or only slightly? How would this affect the organisms that lived off of the creek? These were all questions that would hopefully be answered by myself today, and if not by myself then by my peers. A big reason that the water may not be at its best is because of eutrophication, which is too many nutrients in the water. This can occur because the creek has many farms and sewage plants that runoff into the water. With the creek being over 100 miles long, it is also made up of 682 tributaries. The name ‘Conodoguinet’ is Indian, and it means “a long way