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Research Goals
Our group plans to study the various aspects of the Harker’s Run watershed, including scientific, cultural, and social aspects. We will integrate these very different components into a cohesive idea of the watershed’s historical development and current condition.
Preliminary Interdisciplinary Research Design
Specifically, we plan to measure the sediment load, stream velocity, discharge, vegetation, biodiversity, disturbance, and water chemistry. Also, we will study the geography and topography of the watershed area. From a social and cultural perspective, we will study the history of Harker’s Run as well as its present uses and the impact its presence has on the community and the university. To help us in this endeavor, we will discuss flood history, how the course of the river may have changed, and land uses (agriculture, grazing, recreation, etc.).
Sources
Paul Daniel, Professor Emeritus, Zoology: historical and area information
Miami University Police: records of human activity (illegal or not) at the site
Miami Physical Facilities: information on bridges, how long land has been under university control, maps, records
A Report upon population, land use & zoning, Oxford, Ohio, prepared for the Village Planning Commission by Harland Bartholomew and Associates, 1950. (book)
A Guide to developing local watershed action plans in Ohio, prepared by: State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water ; writers: Julio Perez et al., 1997. (book)
Ohio supplement to urban hydrology for small watersheds, prepared by Wayne E. Achor, 1981. (document)
Sediment budget analysis for an agricultural watershed in southwestern Ohio, by Yvonne Patricia Rollins, 1995. (thesis)
The impact of urbanization upon rural land in Butler County, Ohio, 1940-1965, by David Jerome Reith, 1966. (thesis)
Changes in Oxford, written by Herbert Bradley, 1979(?). (book)
Digital soil survey project for Butler County, Ohio : a multi-sponsor internship, by Rebecca Lynn Roush, 1996. (book)
www.butlercountyohio.org/auditor Butler County Auditor website
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/ EPA Office of Wetlands and Watersheds website
http://www.usgs.gov/ US Geological Survey website
http://www.amrivers.org/ American Rivers website
http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Biodiversity/biodv-6.cfm Ecosystems, Biomes, and Watersheds: Definitions and Use by M. Lynne Corn.
http://danenet.wicip.org/gisedu/watersheds/ Watershed definitions and uses
A perspective on the abiotic processes sustaining the ecological integrity of running waters by Geoffrey E. Petts. (PDF file)
The geomorphological basis for classifying rivers by Newson, Clark, Sear, and Brookes. (PDF file)
The development of integrated methods for assessing river conservation value by P.J. Boon. (PDF file)
Biological processes in running waters and their implications for the assessment of ecological integrity by Bunn and Davies. (PDF file)
Sustaining Living Rivers by Karr and Chu. (PDF file)
TIME LINE
Mon. 1/21/02: Group meeting
Tues. 1/22/02: Meeting with Hays
Weds. 1/23/02: Group meeting
Week of 1/28: Contact Physical Facilities, Contact Miami Archives, Contact Miami Police, Obtain topographical and geographical maps from Brill Library
Week of 1/04: Determine what and where to test, Hopefully complete paper on time
Each Sunday afternoon: Visit Harker’s Run to collect data
Each Tuesday evening: Group meeting to discuss and analyze data
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