U of R powerpoint presentation about internship

1. My Internship With the EPA

6. February 20 05 March 20 05 May – July 20 05 July – September 2005 October – December 2005 February – April 2006 April – June 2006 June – July 2006 1 st Team Meeting Track Division Activity Name Group Team Mtgs Id’d Name Activities Barriers Timeline for Development of Integrated Watershed Strategy MAC Briefing Team Mtgs Id’d Programmatic Indicators Assessed Data Gaps Inventorie d Existing Data Sets Team Mtgs Developed WPRI from Programmatic Indicators Team Mtgs Identified ReVA & Combined Programmatic Indicators Write IWS & Brief WPD & EAID Management Finish Draft IWS & Focus on Target Watershed (Where I come in)

8. WPRI Receptor or Resource Indicators Air Human Health Water 8 or 12 Digit HUCs Public Water Intakes Land Percent Forest Habitat - Interior Proportion of Stream with Riparian Forest Percent Wetlands Toxics N/A Demographics Percent of Population with Low Income Percent Population 65+ Percent of Population Under 5 Plant/Animal Species Native Aquatic Species Abundance Native Terrestrial Species Abundance Threatened & Endangered Aquatic Species Threatened & Endangered Terrestrial Species

9. WPRI Stressor Indicators Air Ozone Design Value PM 2.5 Design Value Nitrogen Deposition Sulfur Deposition Water Total Nitrogen in Streams Total Phosphorous in Streams 303d Stream Miles Nitrate in Groundwater Land Ag on Steep Slopes Proportion Ag/Urban Land Cover Road Crossings per Stream Length Toxics TRI Pre-1979 Housing Demographics Population Growth Population Density Plant/Animal Species Exotic Aquatic Species Exotic Terrestrial Species

10. Ranked Watershed “Groupings” Stressors Resources High Quality Low Threat (HL) Degraded Restorable (DR) Highly Impacted (HI) High Quality High Vulnerability (HH) 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 High High Low

11. WPRI – Regional Watershed Assessment Results

13. What EPA programs can work here? WPD - Non Point Source Program, EAID - Wetlands, HSCD - Remedial