GEO 446: Water Resources Management
Fall 2012
Dr. Christopher J. Woltemade
Dept. of Geography - Earth Science
Shippensburg University

Rocky Reach Dam on the Columbia River, Washington

 

COURSE DOCUMENTS

Fall 2012 Syllabus [MW class] [PDF]
Fall 2012 Syllabus [M night class] [PDF]

Tips for Bibliographic Searches [PDF]

Nitrate Testing Instructions [PDF]

Exam 1 Review Questions [PDF]

Oral Presentation Guidelines [PDF]

Final Exam Review [PDF]


Links to WRM resources

JAWRA Instructions for Authors (Literature cited format for research paper)




COURSE TOPIC LINKS (RED LINKS ARE REQUIRED READING)
MW class
M night class
TOPIC / LINK
Sep. 5
Sep. 10
 Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory
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 Comprehensive Riparian Restoration along Burd Run
Sept. 19
Sept. 24
 Shippensburg Borough Authority (click on "Borough Departments", then "water")
Sept. 26
Oct. 1
 Major Federal Environmental Laws (EPA)
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 Clean Water Act
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 PA-DEP TMDL fact sheet (4 pages - PDF)
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 PA-DEP Info on TMDL program
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 Conodoguinet Creek TMDL General Info (3 pages-PDF)
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 Conodoguinet Creek TMDL Full Proposal (104 pages-PDF)
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
 Bay Journal's home page for many Chesapeake Bay issues
Oct. 10
Oct. 22
 National Environmental Policy Act
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 Denver Water Department
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 Fly fishing on the South Platte River
Oct. 17
Oct. 22
 Endangered Species Act
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 City of Seattle's Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan
Oct. 24
Oct. 29
 Federal and tribal reserved water rights
Oct. 29
Nov. 5
 Susquehanna River Basin Commission
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 Delaware River Basin Commission
Oct. 31
Nov. 5
 Colorado River Compact (actual language)
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 Wyoming v. Colorado 1922
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 Arizona vs. California
Nov. 7
Nov. 12
 Pennsylvania DEP-Office of Water Management
Nov. 12
Nov. 12
 Florida water management districts
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 Restoring the Everglades
Nov. 14
Nov. 19
 Wellhead protection in Pennsylvania
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 Delineation of wellhead protection areas (Wyoming)
Nov. 19
Nov. 19
Pennsylvania Stormwater management program
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Urban stormwater best management practices (EPA study)
Nov. 26
Nov. 26
Rocky Reach Dam relicensing
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 Rocky Reach Dam Habitat Conservation Plan
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 Rocky Reach Dam Hydropower
Nov. 28
Nov. 26
Upper Mississippi River system overview (USGS)
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 Upper Mississippi River Environmental Management Program (Corps of Engineers)

E-mail me at cjwolt@ship.edu