Table of Contents

Archive Ecoli Data

Ecoli Data

Projects/Activities
Introduction

River Ground Water and Sediment Quality 

Collection of Historical Data
Collection of Current River and Groundwater Data

Red Cedar River Outfall Pictures

Sediment Sampling
Assessment of Data
Land Use Forum
Numerical Model Approach

Powerpoint Presentation

Library Bridge:

Measured Flow Model

Measured Head Model

Measured Velocity Model

Site Model

Land Use Forum 

Collection of Historical Data
Collection of Current River and Groundwater Data

Red Cedar River Outfall Pictures

Sediment Sampling
Assessment of Data
Land Use Forum
Numerical Model Approach

Powerpoint Presentation

Library Bridge:

Measured Flow Model

Measured Head Model

Measured Velocity Model

Site Model

Numerical Model Approach 

Collection of Historical Data
Collection of Current River and Groundwater Data

Red Cedar River Outfall Pictures

Sediment Sampling
Assessment of Data
Land Use Forum
Numerical Model Approach

Powerpoint Presentation

Library Bridge:

Measured Flow Model

Measured Head Model

Measured Velocity Model

Site Model

Data Management and GIS 

Special Features
The data set includes information in regards to data from various components of the project in addition to a number of base layers,including the Red Cedar Watershed boundary and sub-boundaries;soils;roadways;stream and river networks;lakes;landuse/landcover;digital topographic maps;digital elevation models;and campus boundaries

GIS Information

RUSLE
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, is a widely used model to predict soil loss on any field condition where soil erosion by water is possible.

Soils Mapping (SSURGO)
Field mapping methods using national standards have been used to construct the soil maps in the Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) data base by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). SSURGO digitizing duplicates the original soil survey maps.

Watershed Mapping
Understanding Your Watershed is an interactive web-based mapping program utilizing the capabilities of a Geographic Information System (GIS). The program enables a user to select a Michigan watershed and display various features within that watershed such as streets, water bodies, elevation, risk areas, wetlands and other information available across the state. Digital Watershed Mapping

303D Sites
All Michigan waters of the Great Lakes are considered on the 303(d) list due to the presence of fish consumption advisories. All of Michigan's inland lakes are considered on the 303(d) list due to a generic mercury fish consumption advisory.

GIS (Interactive)
The purpose of this web site is to demonstrate application of advanced web technologies (Dynamic HTML) on geo-spatial analysis. Your browser must support Frame, JavaScripts (version 1.1), and Java (version 1.02) in order to continue.

Educational Initiative 

Education and Outreach

Environmental Soil Conditions and Soil Evaluation 

Soil Evaluation

Human Health Assessment 

Bacteriological Sampling
Fish Tissue Analysis
Health Assessment Sub-Committee of MSU-Water Progress Report
Secure Link

Social Assessment 

Reports
Focus Group Script
Focus Group Summary
Factors Influencing Campus Sustainability and Watershed Management Abstract…(Proposal)
Farms Focus Group Summary
Grounds Summary

Phase II Permit Application Submittal and Watershed Management Plan Development 

Wetlands 

Progress Report 
Dr.Thomas Burton along with his students,during the spring of 2001, sampled a total of 18 wetland and pond sites on the campus of Michigan State University. Of these sites, 9 were classified as vernal pools or ponds and 9 were classified as wetlands. Sampling began in May and continued until the end of June.To read the report of the progress click the title

Data Sets
2001 MSU Campus Activity Trap Data
Campus Wetlands
MSU Wetlands 2001
MSU Wetland Invertebrate Data

Presentation 
To get a general overview of Wetlands on campus click the link for Powerpoint Presentation.

Reports

MSU-WATER Project Report - July 2001 - September 2002 

MSU-WATER Project Update - April 2002 

MSU-WATER Project Update - 2001 

MSU-WATER (Watershed Action Through Education and Research) - 2001 - January - June Report 

2003 - Phase II Permit Application Submittal and Watershed Management Plan Development - Progress Report 

Phase II of Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal legislation that protects the nation's surface waters.

MSU-WATER: A New way of Addressing Water Quality Challenges in Water Resource Update - Feb 2001 

MSU-WATER: Watershed Action Through Education and Research. Poster Session. 3rd Natural Resources Extension Professionals Conference, “Revolutionizing or Evolutionizing Extension Programming? - 2002 

MSU-WATER: A Campus-Wide Approach to Watershed Management - 2002 

Articles about the Red Cedar published in the (State News)