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Identification Of Non-Point Sources Of Nutrient Loading And Proposed Best Management Practices For Browns Gulch, Silver Bow County, Mt, Sarah Hamblock
Identification Of Non-Point Sources Of Nutrient Loading And Proposed Best Management Practices For Browns Gulch, Silver Bow County, Mt, Sarah Hamblock
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Nutrients are essential to support stream ecosystems, however, if present in excess may lead to growth of algal blooms, excessive aquatic weeds, and alteration of natural aquatic ecosystems. Silver Bow Creek (SBC), the headwater stream of the Clark Fork River, is listed as impaired for nutrients (total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP)), by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Browns Gulch is a major tributary to SBC, and drains agricultural and forested lands. To meet target nutrient TMDL concentrations in SBC, the tributary load inputs of TN and TP must be reduced by 93% in Browns Gulch. To identify …