UPDATES ON MULTICOOPERATIVE ECOHYDROLOGICAL STUDY TURKEY CREEK WATERSHED, Francis Marion National Fo

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UPDATES ON MULTI-COOPERATIVE ECO-HYDROLOGICAL
STUDY TURKEY CREEK WATERSHED, Francis Marion
National Forest, SC

• Devendra Amatya, USDA Forest Service,
• Center for Forested Wetlands Research

4th Project Cooperators Meeting, Santee
Experimental Forest, SC September 06, 2006
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COLLABORATORS COOPERATORS

• FS Southern Research Station (2004)
• National Council for Air Stream Improvement,
  Inc. (2004)
• JJG Company/ Tetra-Tech, Inc. (2004)
• Francis Marion National Forest (2004)
• US Geological Survey (2004)
• College of Charleston (2004)
• SC Department of Transportation (2004)
• University of Krakow, Poland (2004)
• Florida A M University (2005)
• SC Sea Grants Program (2006)
• BCD Council of Governments (2006)
• Clemson University (2006)

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CURRENT ISSUES OF INTEREST

• Eco-hydrologic processes of low gradient forest
  ecosystems
• Effects of land management harvesting, thinning,
  fertilization, prescribed burning, Biomass
  removal
• Developmental/Urbanization Impacts
• Impacts of land use change and natural
  disturbances Water quantity and quality
  Surface/Subsurface
• Wetland and Eco-Hydrologic Functions
• Cumulative effects on a watershed/basin scale

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Santee Experimental Forest 1938
Charleston
Turkey Creek
Cooper River
National Forest
Private Lands
TURKEY CREEK WATERSHED
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WEB-Based LONG-TERM DATA SHARING(US FS, CFWR,
COFC) - 2004

• USFS and LTER
• CLYMDB-HYDRODB
• Long-term Hydrology Data from 23 Exp. Watersheds
• Santee Watersheds
• 1989 2001
• Tetra-Tech, Inc. (Atlanta)
• JJ G Engineering

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DATA SHARING(US FS, CFWR, Tetra-Tech/JJG)
7,000 - 2004

• Electronic digitization
• Historic Flow Data
• 1964-76
• Current hydrologic studies
• Long-term data fromadjacent watersheds
• Charleston Harbor WQ model
• SC DHEC/BCDCOG

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TURKEY CREEK WATERSHED-SCALE STUDY
FS SRS, CCS Program (17,500) NCASI FS Grant
(20,000) - 2004

• 5,000 ha ( 50 sq.km)
• College of Charleston
• Agric Univ of Krakow
• Stream flow monitoring and studying flow
  dynamicsusing historic data
• Collection of GIS data
• ASAE Meeting paper
• A paper in Polish Academyof Sciences (In review)

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REVITALIZATION OF STREAM GAUGING(US FS, CFWR
(6,000), SC DOT, USGS (4,000) COFC) - 2004

• Site access on SC DOT new Hwy 41N Bridge (08/04)
• Stream and Rain Gauge (12/04)
• Original Gauge/Logger (U/S)
• New Logger (D/S)
• Real Time Gauge 02172035
• Rating Curve (0-250 cfs) 12 points
• Historic High 1250 cfs

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WETLAND HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONS(SRS, CFWR (2,000),
FAMU) - 2005

• Joseph Amoah, PhD Candidate, FAMU
• Internet Connection
• FS SRS CRC Travel Support 2005-06
• Applying for 2006-07CRC fund

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BIOMASS REDUCTION STUDY (CFWR, JFSP, NIFC) -
2005

• Comprehensive Fire Effects of Biomass Reduction
  on Stream Hydrology and Water Quality

Control
Treatment
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Trace Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Bottomland
Hardwood Floodplains
(USGS/BRD, CFWR, COFC) - 2005

• Characterize the trace greenhouse gas (CH4, N2O)
  fluxes from BLH forests
• Provide a reference for norms that could be
  expected from restored BLH forests.
• Sample riparian zone from different sized streams
  (Fox Gulley branch, Turkey Creek, Nicholson Creek)

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Santee experimental forested watersheds
monitoring stations used for CHS Harbor WQ model
by (Jordan, Jones Golding, 2005)
Turkey Creek
Cooper River
Charleston
Subwatershed boundaries for CHS Harbor WQ Model
(Jordan, Jones Golding, 2005)
SC DHEC and BCDCOG gtgtTMDL for DO
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OTHER OBJECTIVES

• Flow, Soil Moisture, ET, and Carbon dynamics
• Water quality of the Turkey Creek watershed
  compared to managed coastal forests.
• Hydrologic effects of land use change/urbanization
  on stream flow and GW dynamics.
• Monitoring of Mercury and cycling studies
• Coliform Bacteria and its TMDL studies
• Hydrologic models (SWAT, DRAINWAT) for evaluating
  the effects of land use change and management
  including harvesting, thinning, prescribed
  burning, biomass treatments on hydrology and
  water quality.
• Flow dynamics of the watershed before the
  Hurricane and 15 years after the Hurricane.

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WEATHER WATER QUALITY MONITORING
(USGS, CFWR (8,000)) 2005-06

• Auto Weather Station (2005)
• Biweekly Grab Sampling (2005)
• ISCO Auto Sampler
• Linked with USGS Flow Gauging Datalogger (2006)
• WQ Sampling (0.03)
• Nutrients and physical WQ
• Study funding ??

Weather Station
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WATERSHED CHARACTERIZATION AND EVENT HYDROLOGY
STUDY
(SC SEA GRANT (10,000), COFC and CFWR) - 2006

• GIS Spatial data for Turkey Creek Quinby Creek
• Turkey Creek Historic Data (1964-76)
• Storm Event Hydrographs
• Flow Monitoring of nearby Quinby Creek
• Dr Tim Callahan

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WATER TABLE DYNAMICS MONITORING
(FMNF (5,000) and CFWR) - 2006

• Establishment of shallow GW wells (4/6 wells)
• By Gradient, Soils Vegetation (land use) type
• Assessing wet areas, S/SS Water and WT and
  Outflow relationships, Models
• Study funding ??

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A PROPOSED COLIFORM TMDL STUDY

• Turkey Creek at Rd 251 and FM SC 402
• St. RS-02483, HUC 03050201040
• EPA 2004(d) list
• Impaired for Fecal Coliform
• Use Recreational
• Berkeley County, FS CFWR, COFC, and Clemson
  University
• A TMDL Study Proposal (92,000) submitted to SC
  Grant Commission on in April 2006

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STREAM BIOLOGY STUDY 2006

• Main Tributary Streams
• Wetlands
• Stream Geomorphology
• Biological Indicators
• Fish Habitat (Cray Fish)
• FMNF, COFC, CFWR
• Funding ??

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NATO/CCMS PILOT STUDY (Intl)Integrated Water
Management (2005-07)

• Exchange and combine expertise in water system
  research considering different dimensions and
  interactions.
• Contribute to the knowledge of IWM given the wide
  variety of conditions in various
  basins/watersheds
• 5th Workshop (Nov-Dec 05), Turkey
• 6th Workshop (June 2006), Poland
• 17 Countries (9) River/Watershed Plans
• USA Turkey Creek, SC
• Physical characteristics, Hydrology, Land use,
  Socio-economics, Stakeholders, etc.
• NATO Science Series 1st publication
• Final Report 2nd Science publication

Science
Management
Policy
Societal Needs
Objective of IWM Pilot Study
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MERCURY MONITORING STUDY (2006)

• Plot scale exper. study
• UNC-Charlotte UMD
• Watershed scale studies
• NIST/NOAA HML
• Coordination with USGSPotential Funding
  AgencyNIST, NOAA, USGS, ????

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STREAM TRIBUTARY MONITORING

• Main and tributary Streams
• PhD graduate student
• University of Krakow, Poland
• January March, 2007

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MODEL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION

• SWAT, DRAINWAT, DRAINMOD-GIS
• All GIS data layers
• Catchment delineation
• Model parameterization
• Catchment monitoring
• Catchment management data
• Model Calibration/Validation
• Scenario Analyses
• CFWR, Clemson, COFC ??
• Potential Funding AgencyFS SRS, NCASI , FMNF ???

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MODEL SIMULATION STUDY

• Engineer/Scientists, Poland
• Agric. University of Krakow Warsaw Agric.
  University
• A Travel/Study Funding Proposal to OECD (Sep 06)
  - France
• FS CFWR Host Country
• July-August, 2007 (6 Weeks)
• Hydrologic Effects of Urbanization and Forest
  Road Drainage Structures
• Intersite Comparison Study (Biberza River) with a
  Polish 2-D GIS Eco-Hydrology Simulation Model

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MAJOR GOAL

• A basic framework for research on a coastal
  watershed
• A multi-cooperative research partnership with
  academia (COFC, Clemson, FAMU, USC), industries
  (NCASI, Tetra-Tech, JJG), Federal (USFS, USGS,
  NRCS, NIST, NOAA), State (DOT, Sea Grant, DHEC),
  County (Berkeley), and Intl agencies (AUK, WAU,
  NATO/CCMS)
• To seek a large long-term funding like National
  Science Foundation (NSF) for addressing important
  science issues pertinent to the coastal watershed
  
• NSF 2007 Call CRITICAL ZONE (Dr. Tom Williams