GEO 446: Water Resources Management
Fall 2009
Dr. Christopher J. Woltemade
Dept. of Geography - Earth Science
Shippensburg University

Rocky Reach Dam on the Columbia River, Washington

 

COURSE DOCUMENTS

Fall 2009 Syllabus [PDF]


Links to WRM resources




COURSE TOPIC LINKS (RED LINKS ARE REQUIRED READING)
DATE
TOPIC / LINK
Sep. 8
Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory
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 Comprehensive Riparian Restoration along Burd Run
Sept. 15
Shippensburg Borough Authority (click on "public works", then "water")
Sept. 22
 Upper Mississippi River system overview (USGS)
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 Upper Mississippi River Environmental Management Program (Corps of Engineers)
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. 6
Bay Journal's home page for many Chesapeake Bay issues
Oct. 15
National Environmental Policy Act
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 Denver Water Department
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 Fly fishing on the South Platte River
Oct. 20
 Endangered Species Act
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 City of Seattle's Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan
Oct. 27
 Federal and tribal reserved water rights
Oct. 29
 Susquehanna River Basin Commission
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 Delaware River Basin Commission
Nov. 3
Colorado River Compact (actual language)
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 Colorado River Compact (water knowledge site)
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 Wyoming v. Colorado 1922
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 Arizona vs. California
Nov. 5
Arkansas River Compact (water knowledge site)
Nov. 17
 Pennsylvania DEP-Office of Water Management
Nov. 19
Florida water management districts
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 Restoring the Everglades
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 2007-2008 Everglades Restoration Plan Report
Nov. 24
 Wellhead protection in Pennsylvania
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 Delineation of wellhead protection areas (Wyoming)
Dec. 1
Pennsylvania Stormwater management program
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Urban stormwater best management practices (EPA study)
Dec. 3
Rocky Reach Dam relicensing
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 Rocky Reach Dam Habitat Conservation Plan
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 Rocky Reach Dam Hydropower

E-mail me at cjwolt@ship.edu