1. Water Quality Monitoring on the Upper Strawberry River Project 07-1000 Dr. Jennifer Bouldin and Teresa Brueggen Arkansas State University Ecotoxicology Research Facility Jonesboro Arkansas

2. Sampling sites Greasy Creek Little Strawberry Sandy Creek Fulton County Salem

3. Overview Major headwater streams in the upper Strawberry River watershed – Little Strawberry (LS) – Sandy Creek (SC) – Greasy Creek (GC) Above and below BMP implementation Surface Water Quality Tests – Nutrients Ortho-Phosphates Nitrites Nitrates – Total Suspended Solids http://arkansas-dar.org/strawberryriver.htm

4. Little Strawberry River Subwatershed Largest subwatershed of the Strawberry River

5. Little Strawberry Upper

6. Little Strawberry Lower

7. Little Strawberry (LS) NO X Data 0.08”

8. Little Strawberry (LS) Ortho-Phos Data 0.97”

9. Little Strawberry Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Data 0.05”

10. LS 2009 Nutrient Data

11. LS 2009 TSS Data 1.14”

12. Greasy Creek Subwatershed 2 nd largest subwatershed of the Strawberry River

13. Greasy Creek Upper

14. Greasy Creek Lower

15. Greasy Creek (GC) NO X Data 3.12”

16. Greasy Creek (GC) Ortho-Phos Data 0.29”

17. Greasy Creek (GC) Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Data 3.12”

18. GC 2009 Nutrient Data

19. GC 2009 TSS Data

20. Sandy Creek Subwatershed Smallest subwatershed of the Strawberry River

21. Sandy Creek Upper

22. Sandy Creek Lower

23. Sandy Creek (SC) NO X Data 0.08”

24. Sandy Creek (SC) Ortho-Phos Data 0.29”

25. Sandy Creek (SC) Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Data

26. SC 2009 Nutrient Data 1.14”

27. SC 2009 TSS Data 1.14”

28. High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008 and 2009 Nitrate (mg/L)Nitrite (mg/L) Pre-BMP2009Pre-BMP2009 HiMeanHiMeanHiMeanHiMean 2.0460.7611.2180.7970.1600.0230.0340.006 2.3660.4800.9560.7040.0660.0200.0300.005 0.6650.2291.1080.4720.0890.0150.0500.008 1.2830.2030.7270.3230.0700.0150.0510.009 2.2950.4181.1080.4720.1310.0190.0500.008 0.7350.2230.5390.3010.0610.0150.0620.017 LSUP LSLO GCUP GCLO SCUP SCLO

29. Ortho-phos (mg/L) Pre-BMP2009 HiMeanHiMean LSUP 0.1770.0180.1100.049 LSLO 0.0610.0120.0370.048 GCUP 0.0510.0120.1310.050 GCLO 0.8190.0140.1290.052 SCUP 0.0520.0120.1310.050 SCLO 0.0430.0110.1430.055 TSS (mg/L) Pre-BMP2009 HiMeanHiMean 26.64.12455.811.54 41.35.02120.05.240 14.32.48816.68.368 28.74.90214.05.355 45.48.20436.68.368 29.34.6318.804.085 High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008 and 2009