1. Year Three Review of Water Quality Monitoring on the Upper Strawberry River Project 07-1000 T.R. Brueggen 1 and J.L. Bouldin 1,2 1 Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467

2. 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 Nitrites Nitrates Ortho-Phosphates – Total Suspended Solids http://arkansas-dar.org/strawberryriver.htm

3. LSUP LSLO SCLO SCUP GCLO GCUP Greasy Creek (GC) Subwatershed Sandy Creek (SC) Subwatershed Little Strawberry (LS) Subwatershed

4. Sampling sites Greasy Creek Little Strawberry Sandy Creek Fulton County LSUP LSLO SCLO SCUP GCLO GCUP

5. Little Strawberry (LS) NO X Data Upper Lower

6. Little Strawberry (LS) Ortho-Phosphate Data Upper Lower

7. Little Strawberry Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Data Upper Lower

8. Greasy Creek (GC) NO X Data Upper Lower

9. Greasy Creek (GC) Ortho-Phosphate Data Upper Lower

10. Greasy Creek (GC) Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Data Upper Lower 670.0

11. Sandy Creek (SC) NO X Data Upper Lower 2011 2011 (Post- BMP)

12. Sandy Creek (SC) Ortho-Phosphate Data Upper Lower 2011 2011 (Post- BMP)

13. Sandy Creek (SC) Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Data Upper Lower 2011 2011 (Post- BMP) 179.8

14. High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010 Nitrate (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 2011 (Jan-June) Post BMP (July-Aug 25) SiteHighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP2.05 0.761.340.672.951.093.971.382.070.49 LSLO 2.37 0.560.900.581.180.431.340.571.260.13 GCUP0.670.290.690.300.480.190.920.310.800.10 GCLO1.280.290.730.340.710.240.890.19BDL SCUP2.300.461.110.400.830.311.460.431.04NA SCLO0.740.310.540.270.730.240.630.15BDL

15. Nitrite (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 2011 (Jan-June) Post BMP (July-Aug 25) SiteHighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP 0.16 BDL LSLOBDL GCUPBDL GCLOBDL SCUP0.13 BDL SCLOBDL High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010

16. Ortho-phosphate (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 2011 (Jan-June) Post BMP (July-Aug 25) Site HighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP 0.180.04 0.110.050.090.050.140.05 0.48 0.06 LSLO0.060.010.120.050.090.040.090.030.140.04 GCUP0.050.020.080.020.050.030.090.040.060.03 GCLO0.080.030.130.05 0.03 0.18 0.050.140.04 SCUP0.050.030.130.05 0.21 0.050.130.040.14NA SCLO0.040.020.140.050.060.030.060.040.140.04 High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010

17. TSS (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 2011 (Jan-June) Post BMP (July-Sept 15) SiteHighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP26.64.2 55.87.6 7.94.015.97.5 35.0 7.2 LSLO41.35.020.04.68.94.319.67.733.87.2 GCUP14.32.416.64.4 2.9158.729.28.03.5 GCLO13.94.414.65.215.97.8 670.0115.3 10.55.2 SCUP 71.48.8 36.67.119.35.0179.841.010.5NA SCLO29.34.68.83.5 37.78.1 32.610.918.55.2 High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010

18. Other Analyses Stream bank erosion Benthic macroinvertebrate survey Escherichia coli http://www.esf.edu/rwls/Research/Benthic/ACRONE1-1.jpg http://www.famu.org/mayfly/images/pluteus_nym.jpg http://www.lifeinfreshwater.org.uk/species%20pages/caddis%20flies.jpg.html Supported by 104-B Grant: AWRC and Arkansas State University

19. Little Strawberry ≈2.74 stream km (1.7 miles) surveyed 5,480 m stream bank 2010 (light blue) 24 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion 746 m stream bank 2011 (purple) 28 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion 995 m stream bank

20. Greasy Creek ≈3.17 stream km (2.0 miles) surveyed 6,340 m stream bank 2010 (green) 16 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion 500 m stream bank 2011 (red) 16 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion 575 m stream bank

21. Sandy Creek ≈6.63 stream km (4.1 miles) surveyed 13,260 m stream bank 2010 (pink) 22 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion 505 m stream bank 2011 (blue) 21 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion 525 m stream bank

22. Benthic Macroinvertebrates AbundanceSpring2009Spring 2010 2010 High (yellow)456750* Low (white)2199 Fall2009Fall2010 High (yellow)295795* Low (white)13536 *704 Chironomidae *715 Chironomidae

23. Family Richness

24. Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT)

25. Escherichia coli * Samples exceeded 298 CFU/100mL maximum for single samples for ERW, ESW, and NSW * No values for June, July, August 2009 * * Samples exceeded 1490 CFU/100mL max for single sample during the remainder of the year for ERW, ESW, and NSW *

26. Acknowledgments USEPA 319 Grant USEPA 319 Grant AWRC 104-B USGS Grant AWRC 104-B USGS Grant Fulton County Conservation District Fulton County Conservation District Arkansas State University (ASU) Environmental Sciences Graduate Program Arkansas State University (ASU) Environmental Sciences Graduate Program All graduate and undergraduate ASU Ecotoxicology Research Facility Workers All graduate and undergraduate ASU Ecotoxicology Research Facility Workers

27. Questions?