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An Internship with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water: Understanding the Vegetation and Soil Conditions in Natural Riparian Forests

Pringle, Keara Louise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami149333522985015

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2017, Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, Environmental Sciences.
The overall mission of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Division of Surface Water is to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act by restoring and maintaining the ecological integrity of Ohio’s rivers, streams, and wetlands through biological monitoring, permitting, enforcing laws, and enhancing scientific methodology. Within the Division of Surface Water, the Wetland Ecology Group conducts wetland research and develops biocriteria and water quality standards for Ohio wetlands. This report provides a brief description of my duties as a Wetland Assessment Intern with the Wetland Ecology Group during the 2015 and 2016 field seasons. It also provides a more in depth summary of one project that involved visiting 10 natural riparian forests, collecting vegetation and soil data, and conducting a preliminary analysis of this data to help develop performance standards for stream mitigation projects. The standards may be incorporated into the Ohio EPA’s Section 401 stream mitigation requirements in the future.
Suzanne Zazycki (Advisor)
Sarah Dumyahn (Committee Member)
Hays Cummins (Committee Member)
81 p.
Environmental Science
wetland ecology; vegetation assessments; soil sampling; riparian forests; Clean Water Act; Ohio EPA; internship

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  • Pringle, K. L. (2017). An Internship with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water: Understanding the Vegetation and Soil Conditions in Natural Riparian Forests [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami149333522985015

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Pringle, Keara. An Internship with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water: Understanding the Vegetation and Soil Conditions in Natural Riparian Forests . 2017. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami149333522985015.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Pringle, Keara. "An Internship with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water: Understanding the Vegetation and Soil Conditions in Natural Riparian Forests ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami149333522985015

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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