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The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 3, Nos. 3 And 4. September-December, 1971

The Prairie Naturalist

EDITORIAL: Badlands-Old and New ▪ Paul B. Kannowski

SEASONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF ALGAE FROM DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Richard Verch and Dean W. Blinn

THE VASCULAR FLORA OF PEMBINA COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Rays E. Willenbring and William T. Barker

LET'S EAT WILD ▪ Alan M. Cvancara

SURF SCOTER IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ Harold A. Kantrud

SNOW GOOSE-CANADA GOOSE HYBRIDS ▪ David C. McGlauchlin

NOTES

Cowbird parasitism of an upland plover nest ▪ Kenneth F. Higgins

Birds sighted within one hour from one observation point in Burleigh County, North Dakota ▪ William A. Buresh

Golden-winged warbler in Burleigh County, North …

Response Of Fraxinus Pennsylvanica M. Provenances To Daylength And Temperature, Cheng-Chun Ying

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.

Survival Of Some Freshwater Fishes In The Alkaline Eutrophic Waters Of Nebraska, D. B. Mccarraher

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

Of 14 species of freshwater fishes held in cages in one or more of 13 alkaline lakes and ponds in Nebraska, few species survived more than a month where carbonate alkalinity, mostly as compounds of Na₂C0₃ and KC0₃, was above 300 mg/liter. Of the 14 species tested, Sacramento perch (Archoplites interruptus), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), northern pike (Esox lucius), and the black bullhead (lctalurus melas), were the most tolerant of alkaline environments. Most centrachid fishes except A. interruptusand the green sunfish (Lepomis cyanel!us), did …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 9, November 1971

Water Current Newsletter

Program for the 1972 Interdisciplinary Seminar on Water Issues
Simulation of Groundwater Systems
Summer Short Course Planned
Recyling of Water
OSW Awards Freezing Plant Design Contract
Cloud-Seeding Program
Water Rights Study
"Turn-Key" Approach Proposed for Construction of Waste Treatment Plants
Water Quality Guidelines for Nation Being Updated by NAS for EPA
Nebraska Water Resources and Irrigation Development Seminar for the 1970s
EPA Names New Head of Solid Waste Programs Office
Symposium on Costs of Waster Pollution Control
Research Need
Symposium on Watershed Management
EPA Revising Regulations for Grants and Contracts
Internships in Science and Engineering

Report On Water Pollution Problems In Las Vegas Wash And Las Vegas Bay, Environmental Protection Agency

Publications (WR)

This report was prepared by the Federal Water- Quality Administration, Pacific Southwest Region, now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region IX, at the request of the State of Nevada, Department of Health, Welfare, and rehabilitation. In a letter, dated December 5, 1969, this agency asked for technical assistance, as authorized by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, in developing discharge standards appropriate for Las Vegas Bay, Lake Mead, and the Lower Colorado River. The subsequent study was performed by EPA from January through August, 1970. The establishment of Nevada State Water Quality Standards for these waters will enable responsible officials …

Computer Sheets, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Mill Pollution, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Pool Studies, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

D.O. And Other Tests, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

L.A. General Data, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Special Studies, Walter A. Lawrance

Walter Lawrance Papers

No abstract provided.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 40, No. 2, Wku Alumni Relations

WKU Administration Documents

Quarterly magazine created for WKU alumni. Regular features are Hilltopics, Sports, Alumni Newsgrams and Notes and In Memoriam. This issue includes:

• Graduate School (College) is On Its Way
• Evening Class is Thataway
• The Hilltopper Hundred to the Rescue
• ETV - Keep Watching, It's All in Color
• Student Interns Learn How Government Works
• Significant Statements: The New Year Begins
• Good News for Fishermen: Reservoir Research
• There it Was! Your Homecoming - 1971
• Performing Arts Illuminate the Campus Scene
• Discovery 1 - Uncovering the Kentucky of Antiquity
• Discovery 2 - Reviving the Heritage of Kentucky
• Discovery 3 - The Intercultural Studies Program …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 8, October 1971

Water Current Newsletter

WRC Report on Sharing Financial Responsibility of Water Development
Ground-water Quality Simulator
Environmental Impact Evaluation System Proposed
Industry-Government Oil Spill Conference Slated for 1973
National Urban Water Resources Research Program Report Published
River Development to Aid Rural Areas Should be "National Goal"
Water Circulation in San Francisco Bay Described
Discount Rate Raised to 5 3/8 Percent
Cornell Agricultural Waste Conference
Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee -- Tombigbee Waterwater
Corps of Engineers and Public Involvement

A Preliminary Ecological Study Of Areas To Be Impounded In The Salt River Basin Of Kentucky, Louis A. Krumholz, Stuart E. Neff, Edmond J. Bacon, Jerry S. Parsons, John D. Woodling

KWRRI Research Reports

This report includes work that is an extension of Project No. B-005-KY as reported in Research Report No. 43 of the University of Kentucky Water Resources Institute. That project was initiated in April 1968 as Project No. A-019-KY with principal emphasis on physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the main stem of the Salt River upstream from the proposed damsite for Taylorsville Lake, an impoundment of about 3, 600 acres at seasonal pool. The report includes descriptions of an additional 13 stations along the stream, bringing to 38 the number of permanent collecting sites.

Values for dissolved oxygen ranged from …

Detection And Identification Of Molecular Water Pollutants By Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Eugene B. Bradley, Charles A. Frenzel, John Reeves, Robert Mcconnell, Kay Lane

KWRRI Research Reports

Laser Raman spectroscopy is evolving into a primary tool for the Identification of molecular water pollutants. This study pushes the limits of detectivity of carbon disulfide and benzene to ~ 20 ppm in water solutions using a high-resolution Raman spectrometer, cooled detectors, and photon counting techniques. The primary limiting factors were found to be the low throughput and the scattered light performance of the monochromator as well as insufficient laser energy.

An optomized design for a pollution-measuring instrument is suggested, and a prototype has been built which is useful with any value of excitation energy short of sample degrading. The …

Measurement Of Currents In Lake Mead With The Deep Water Isotopic Current Analyzer (Dwica), J. J. Sartoris, D. A. Hoffman, Bureau Of Reclamation

Publications (WR)

In Nov 1967, a Deep Water Isotopic Current Analyzer (DWICA) was used to study current patterns in the Boulder Basin of Lake Mead to determine if low-quality water from Las Vegas Bay might enter the Southern Nevada Water Project intake on Saddle Island. Secondary objectives were to study the general current patterns in Boulder Basin and the effect of power discharges at Hoover Dam on these currents. Results of current measurements at 3 stations in Boulder Basin are given. Observations indicate a definite possibility that low-quality water from Las Vegas Bay might enter the water intake on Saddle Island. Current …

Sevier River Basin Floods 1852-1967, United States Department Of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Forest Service, Soil Conservation Service

Elusive Documents

This chronology of Sevier River Basin floods extends from 1852 to

1967. Most common and destructive are dry mantle floods, which flow as

a muddy mortar-like substance containing 40 to 55 percent water. Hundreds

of tons of protective topsoil are removed from watershed lands,

debris and boulders are picked up as the flow travels down steep stream

channel gradients, and then the flood is debouched into communities and

on to productive cropland.

A Preliminary Ecological Study Of Areas To Be Impounded In The Salt River Basin Of Kentucky, Louis A. Krumholz

KWRRI Research Reports

This report covers work that is an extension of Project No. A-019-KY. A series of 25 sampling stations was established in the mainstream and tributaries of the Salt River that extend from the source of the stream in Boyle County to a few miles below the site of Taylorsville Darn in Spencer County. Sampling for water chemistry and biota was carried out semimonthly. Data on temperature, oxygen, depth, and discharge, along with analyses for cations (Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn) and anions (PO₄, NO₃, NO₂, CO₃, HCO₃) have been accumulated and …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 7, September 1971

Water Current Newsletter

Irrigation and Drainage Specialty Conference
First Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Section of the American Water Resources Association
Amendments to Water Resources Research Act
Testified That Corps Would Benefit from New Department of Natural Resources
Industries Must File Permit Applications or Face Legal Action
Price of Air and Water Pollution Clean-Up at $105 Billion
UCOWR Annual Meeting
Senate Subcommittee Approves Water Pollution Control Legislation
Rhode Island Researchers Propose Beneficial Use of Waste Heat
Lake Tahoe Study

Analysis Of Water Reuse Alternatives In An Integrated Urban And Agricultural Area, A. Bruce Bishop, David W. Hendricks

Reports

Intoduction

The growing demands on our existing water supplies and the current problems of water shortage emphasize the need for a comprehensive approach to analysis and planning of water reuse. The primary focus, heretofore, has been on the treatment technology for achieving water reuse.

The concept of reuse, however, should be broadened to consider a totally integrated urban and agricultural system. This necessitates a systems analysis where water reuse, together with all other water dispositions, is considered in the context of its contribution to the total water resources pool of a region.

The components of the water resource system are …

A Study Of Phytoplankton Dynamics In Lake Fayetteville As A Means Of Assessing Water Quality, Richard L. Meyer

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

Phytoplankton community was analyzed for seasonal and vertical distribution in Lake Fayetteville. This northwest Arkansas reservoir maintains a stable water level and chemical input with a relatively constant, slow overflow. Its source is groundwater seepage through a calcareous substrate with little contribution from the limited drainage basin. Phytoplankton community development with its associations and assemblages, chlorophylls -a, -b and c, and biomass distribution are described. The seasonal cycles of the chemical parameters NH4-N, NO2-N, NO3-N, ortho-phosphate, silicon, pH, HCO3- and total-alkalinity plus oxygen are described and discussed. The physical parameters of temperature, light and climate are included. The interaction of …

A Study Of The Limnetic Zooplankton Of Five Flood Control Reservoirs, Glen R. Helzer

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.

Final Report Emission Inventory For The State Of Nebraska, The Ibm Corporation Federal Systems Division, Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

The following report represents the results of the work performed under BOA 68-02-0043, Task Order Number 1 from The Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution Control Office. A note of thanks is due to Mr. E. J. Lillis and D. Dunbar of the EPA Project Office and Mr. Peter Culver, the EPA Project Engineer for their assistance and excellent cooperation during the study. A note of special thanks is due to Mr. Gene Robinson of the Nebraska Division of Air Pollution Control without whose efforts successful completion of this task would not have been possible.

Interim Report On Water Quality Investigation Degray Reservoir, Arkansas, J. Nix

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

Impoundment of the Caddo River near Arkadelphia, Arkansas began in August, 1969. Detailed patterns of the dissolved oxygen distribution in this reservoir are presented for the period September, 1969 through April, 1971. Although the reservoir had not reached normal pool elevation, thermal stratification accompanied by severe hypolimnic oxygen depletion has been observed. The dissolved oxygen data show that an under flow occurs in the fall of the year and carries dissolved oxygen into the hypolimnic zone. The gradients of dissolved oxygen concentration observed during the winter indicate that the reservoir does not undergo complete mixing. A short summary of the …

Water Resources News, Volume 3, No. 6, Summer Issue 1971

Water Current Newsletter

Summer Institutes A Success
Dr. William Garner Named Research Specialist for EPA
Title II Program for FY 1973
American Water Resources Association
Soil Erosion Contributes to Water Pollution
UCLA to Grant Doctor of the Environmental Studies
Multiple Objectives Opposed by OMB
It's in the Bag, or Bottle, or Carton
National Environmental Laboratory Act
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Gets New Ecology Facility
Conference Roundup

Numerical Computer Perpheral Interactive Device With Manual Controls, James C. Fletcher, Arthur I. Zygielbaum, Stanley S. Brokl

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

A computer peripheral device is disclosed which in cludes a joystick whose displacement from a center position along two axes X and Y in either a plus (+) or a minus (-) direction is sensed. The displacement magnitude in either direction controls the rate of clock pulses provided by a variable frequency clock. The clock pulses from the two clocks are accumulated in two separate counters, whose contents are dis played. The contents of the counters are suppliable to a computer to update the contents of specific cells which define the position of a cursor on a display which is …

Environmental Status Report - January-February-March 1971, Florida Power Corporation

Reports

The publication of this quarterly issue of Environmental Status Report records the development of Florida Power Corporation's environmental activities since January 1, 1971. This report emphasizes those programs investigating the environs of the Crystal River Nuclear Plant now under construction. However, a progress report of the environmental efforts at the proposed Anclote fossil-fired generating site is included in Appendix G. The locations of the Crystal River and Anclote sites are shown in Figure 1 (page 5)_

Unsteady Flow Toward Partially Penetrating Artesian Wells, Y. H. Huang

KWRRI Research Reports

A numerical method programmed for a high-speed computer was developed for determining the drawdown around an artesian well. A salient feature of the program is that it can be used for both fully and partially penetrating wells in either infinite or finite aquifers. The method Involves the application of finite difference equations to the well-known heat equation using a graded network. A comparison of the finite difference solutions with those obtained from the close-form formulas of Muskat, Theis, and Hantush indicates the validity of the method. A comparison between the finite difference solutions and the drawdowns measured on a sand …

Measuring The Intangible Values Of Natural Streams, Part I, John A. Dearinger, George M. Woolwine

KWRRI Research Reports

The purpose of this study was to apply the "uniqueness concept" to the quantification of the intangible values of natural streams. The methodology is based on procedures developed by Luna B. Leopold and Maria O. Marchand of the U.S. Geological Survey. It involves the evaluation of a set of characteristics or factors for selected stream sites. Each factor is rated for each site on a numerical scale indicative of the range of possible "values" for that factor. An "uniqueness ratio" (the reciprocal of the number of stream sites sharing a given category rating) is then computed for each stream for …

Real Property Owned. By The Federal Government In The' State Of Nebraska, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

This inventory report Is a summary compilation of the major facilities of real property owned by the Federal Government in this state. The installations are listed alphabetically by the city in which they are located and the listing includes a brief description of the installation, the agency which operates the facility, the GSA inventory number, the GSA location code, the total floor area of all the buildings and a size classification code. The operating agency and Installation descriptions are those reported to the General Services Administration as of June 30, 1970. Installations with a total floor area less than 1,500 …