Event Title
The Influence of Stonegate Public Golf Course on Cedar Creek
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
Natural Resource Management
Mentor Information
C. "Griff" Griffin
Department
Biology
Location
Kirkhof Center 1142
Start Date
11-4-2012 10:00 AM
Abstract
Established in 2004, the Stonegate Public Golf Course lies within the Cedar Creek Watershed. With the golf course in direct contact with Cedar Creek, herbicides and fertilizers used to maintain greenways enter the waterway through runoff, impacting the water quality. During construction, the golf course stream banks were degraded, leading to excessive sedimentation in the creek. Since then, Best Management Practices (BMP's) have been put into place in an attempt to stop the erosion. Data will be gathered below, above, and adjacent to the site to determine the amount of stream discharge, dissolved oxygen, sediment load, and biological indicators. By collecting data upstream and downstream from the golf course and erosion site, impacts of the golf course will be understood. I expect to find a decrease in the diversity and amount of macroinvertebrates downstream from the golf course and erosion site.
The Influence of Stonegate Public Golf Course on Cedar Creek
Kirkhof Center 1142
Established in 2004, the Stonegate Public Golf Course lies within the Cedar Creek Watershed. With the golf course in direct contact with Cedar Creek, herbicides and fertilizers used to maintain greenways enter the waterway through runoff, impacting the water quality. During construction, the golf course stream banks were degraded, leading to excessive sedimentation in the creek. Since then, Best Management Practices (BMP's) have been put into place in an attempt to stop the erosion. Data will be gathered below, above, and adjacent to the site to determine the amount of stream discharge, dissolved oxygen, sediment load, and biological indicators. By collecting data upstream and downstream from the golf course and erosion site, impacts of the golf course will be understood. I expect to find a decrease in the diversity and amount of macroinvertebrates downstream from the golf course and erosion site.