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WATERSHED INFORMATION
UNDERSTANDING YOUR WATERSHED
- Exploring Utah's Water
- Seven Ways to Protect your Local Watershed
- pH
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Phosphorus
- Nitrogen
- Water Regulations
WATERSHED FACTSHEETS
PROTECT YOUR WATER
Factsheets explain potential sources of pollution and their management.
Surveys help you identify risks on your property.
Protect your Water from Pesticides: Fact Sheet Survey
Protect your Water from Fertilizers: Fact Sheet Survey
Protect your Water from Spilled Fuels: Fact Sheet Survey
Protect your Water from Hazardous Waste: Fact Sheet Survey
Protect your Water from Septic System: Fact Sheet Survey
Protect your Water from Stored Manure: Fact Sheet Survey
Protect your Water from a Livestock Yard: Fact Sheet Survey
Protect your Well Water: Fact Sheet Survey
AROUND THE HOME:
- Risks to Your Water Fact Sheets and Surveys
- Managing Your Septic System
- Water Conservation in the Home
- Testing Your Well Water
- Do you know where your water has been?
- Rainwater Harvesting in Utah
- Community Actions to Reduce Water Quality Impacts of Stormwater
- Identifying the Risk to Water Quality in Urban Areas
PROGRAM MANUALS
Bugs Don't Bug Me Manual
Utah Water Watch Manual
Utah Stream Team
A River Runs Through Us
Stormwater Activity Book
Stream Side Science Manual or Website
4-H Wonders of Water Club
Pave it or Plant it
K-6 LESSON PLANS
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Coloring Book (pdf)
If Bugs Could Talk (pdf)
Macroinvertebrate Mix and Match (pdf)
Macroinvertebrate Simon Says (pdf)
Macroinvertebrate Graphing Activity (pdf)
Water Pollution Graphing Activity (pdf)
Macroinvertebrate Research (pdf)
Surface Water Model (pdf)
The Incredible Journey (pdf)
Lake Water Quality Field Book & Research Notes (pdf)
A Drop in the Bucket (pdf)
Water Cycle Word Search (pdf)
Water Cycle Crossword (pdf)
Water Cycle Relay Race (pdf)
Water Cycle Drama (pdf)
Water Cycle Song (pdf)
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Supplemental Worksheet (Microsoft word)
- Answer Key (Microsoft word)
- Homemade Water Purifier (pdf)
5-12 LESSON PLANS
Aquatic Invasion! (pdf)
Watershed Detectives (pdf)
Journey through the Bear River Watershed (pdf)
Missing Macroinvertebrates (pdf)
Wetland vs. Stream Macroinvertebrates (pdf)
Riparian Review (pdf)
Who Lives in the Water? (pdf)
Pave it or plant it (pdf)
What's in the Water? (pdf)
Where's the Water (pdf)
Nitrogen Cycle (pdf)
When Things Heat Up (pdf)
That's Predictable (pdf)
Water Management (pdf)
Biodiversity Debate (pdf
WATER QUALITY
Jackson-Smith, Douglas, Nancy Mesner, David Stevens, Phaedra Budy. 2013. Review of Utah’s 319 Nonpoint Source Program. Part II: Assessment of Best Management
Practice (BMP) Implementation, Maintenance and Effectiveness. Prepared for Utah Division of Water Quality. 147 pp.- Jones,Amber Spackman, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Nancy O. Mesner, Ronald J. Ryel, and David K.Stevens. 2012. Influence of Sampling Frequency on Estimation of Annual Total Phosphorus and Total Suspended Solids Loads. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA). Vol. 48, No. 6. 1258 pp.
- Mesner, Nancy. 2012. Review of Utah’s 319 Nonpoint Source Program. Part I: Program Administration and Operation. Prepared for Utah Division of Water Quality. 68 pp.
- Mesner, Nancy and Ginger Paige. 2011. Best Management Practices Monitoring Guide for Stream Systems. University of Wyoming B-213.
- Spackman Jones, Amber, David K. Stevens, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Nancy O. Mesner. 2011.Surrogate Measures for Providing High Frequency Estimates of Total Suspended Solids and Total Phosphorus Concentrations. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA). Vol. 47, No. 2. 239 pp.
- Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Amber Spackman Jones, David K. Stevens, David G. Tarboton, Nancy O. Mesner. 2009. A Sensor Network for High Frequency Estimation of Water Quality Constituent Fluxes using Surrogates. Environmental Modeling Software. Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA. 1031 pp.
- P. Rieke Arentsen, R. R. Gillies, Nancy Mesner, 2004. Satellite Derived Impervious Surface Area as an Indicator for Water Resource Impacts in a Semi-Arid environment, Utah, USA. Department of Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources, Uthan State University, Utah, USA. 231 pp.
- D.W. Meals, N. Mesner, D. Jackson-Smith, D. Stevens, J. Horsburgh, D. Sorensen, A.E. Luloff, D.L. Osmond. Little Bear River Watershed, Utah: National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation Effects Assessment Project. How to Build Better Agricultural Conservation Programs. 358 pp.
EDUCATION
- Tiffany Kinder, Nancy O. Mesner, Mark Larese-Casanova, Kimberly H. Lott,
Adrienne Cachelin, and Katherine LaLonde. 2015. Changes in Knowledge and Attitude from a Short-Term Aquatic Education Program. Natural Sciences Education. Vol. 44. pp 18. - Andreé D. Walker, Nancy O. Mesner. 2007. Stream Side Science: Tailoring Watershed Education to Meet Needs of Teachers. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. Vol. 62, No. 5. 104A pp.
Best Monitoring Practices
- Nancy Mesner, Brian Greene, Eli Robinson, Ellen Bailey, Cade Andrus, and Jose Pacheco.
2019. Utah Water Watch Volunteer Monitoring Manual. Digital Commons.
- Mesner, Nancy and Ginger Paige. 2011. Best Management Practices Monitoring Guide for Stream Systems. University of Wyoming B-213.