1. Year Two 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. 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 Nitrites Nitrates Ortho-Phosphates – 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 Upper Lower

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

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

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

11. Greasy Creek Upper

12. Greasy Creek Lower

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

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

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

16. Sandy Creek Subwatershed Smallest subwatershed of the Strawberry River

17. Sandy Creek Upper

18. Sandy Creek Lower

19. Sandy Creek (SC) NO X Data Upper Lower

20. Sandy Creek (SC) Ortho-Phosphate Data Upper Lower

21. Sandy Creek (SC) Total Suspended Solid (TSS) Data Upper Lower

22. High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010 Nitrate (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 (thru July) SiteHighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP2.05 0.761.340.671.540.97 LSLO 2.37 0.560.900.581.180.70 GCUP0.670.290.690.300.480.29 GCLO1.280.290.730.340.710.44 SCUP2.300.461.110.400.830.44 SCLO0.740.310.540.270.730.42

23. Nitrite (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 SiteHighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP 0.16 BDL LSLOBDL GCUPBDL GCLOBDL SCUP0.13 BDL SCLOBDL High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010

24. Ortho-phosphate (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 Site HighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP 0.180.04 0.110.050.060.04 LSLO0.060.010.120.05 0.09 0.04 GCUP0.050.020.080.020.050.03 GCLO0.080.030.130.05 0.03 SCUP0.050.030.130.05 0.03 SCLO0.040.02 0.14 0.050.060.03 High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010

25. TSS (mg/L) Pre-BMP20092010 SiteHighMeanHighMeanHighMean LSUP26.64.2 55.87.6 6.73.3 LSLO41.35.020.04.68.93.9 GCUP14.32.416.64.4 3.1 GCLO13.94.414.65.2 15.26.7 SCUP 71.48.8 36.67.15.82.8 SCLO29.34.68.83.514.05.7 High and Mean Values: Pre-BMP 2008, 2009, 2010

26. 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

27. Little Strawberry ≈2.74 km (1.7 miles) surveyed 24 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion

28. Greasy Creek ≈3.17 km (2.0 miles) surveyed 16 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion

29. Sandy Creek ≈6.63 km (4.1 miles) surveyed 22 sites determined of severe or very severe erosion

30. Benthic Macroinvertebrates Abundance Spring 2009 Low: SCLO (21) High: GCLO (456) Fall 2009 Low: SCLO (135) High: LSUP (295)

31. Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) 1 or less: POOR Between 2 and 5: MODERATE More than 5: GOOD Fall 2009

32. Escherichia coli

33. Questions?