Potash Brook
Our class took a trip to Potash Brook, a stream located in Burlington, Vermont. We assessed the health of the stream and this information helped us in learning about keeping Lake Champlain healthy. The slideshow on the home page is of us at the brook.
An example of the data we collected:
Temperature of water: 12° C
Phosphate: 0.1511 milligrams per Liter
Dissolved Oxygen: 12 milligrams per Liter
PT Group 1 #taxa: 4
PT Group 2 #taxa: 6
PT Group 3 #taxa: 0
PT Group 4 #taxa: 0
Current Weather: Overcast
Weather (past 48 hours): sunny, overcast, showers
Surrounding land uses: Forest, residential, farm, park
Canopy cover: 65%
Water appearance: milky, cloudy
Embeddedness of rocks: 48.6% embedded
Turbidity: 52.3 cenimeters
Current velocity: 0.32 meters per second
Stream habitat assessment score: 14
Stream habitat assessment rating: good
