# Presentation: 558932

## UPDATES ON MULTI-COOPERATIVE ECO-HYDROLOGICAL STUDY – TURKEY CREEK WATERSHED, Francis Marion National Forest, SC

- Devendra Amatya,
- USDA Forest Service,
- Center for Forested Wetlands Research

*5**th** Project Cooperators’ Meeting, Santee Experimental Forest, SC*
*Wednesday, February 21, 2007*

## TURKEY CREEK 

- Santee Experimental Forest
- 1938

- Cooper River

*National Forest*

*Private Lands*

**Turkey **
**Creek**

*Charleston*

***TURKEY CREEK ***
***WATERSHED***

## COLLABORATORS & COOPERATORS

- FS Southern Research Station (2004)
- National Council for Air & Stream Improvement, Inc. (2004)
- JJ&G Company/ Tetra-Tech, Inc. (2004)
- Francis Marion National Forest (2004)
- US Geological Survey (2004)
- College of Charleston (2004)
- SC Department of Transportation (2004)
- University of Krakow, Poland (2004)
- Florida A& M University (2005)
- SC Sea Grants Program (2006)
- BCD Council of Governments (2006)
- Clemson University (2006)
- University of Toledo (2007)
- University of New Hampshire (2007)

## CURRENT ISSUES OF INTEREST

- Eco-hydrologic processes of low gradient forest ecosystems
- Effects of land management: harvesting, thinning, fertilization, prescribed burning, Biomass removal
- Developmental/Urbanization Impacts
- Impacts of land use change and natural disturbances Water quantity and quality – Surface/Subsurface
- Wetland and Eco-Hydrologic Functions
- _Cumulative effects on a watershed/basin scale__ _

## OBJECTIVES

- Flow, Water Table, ET, and Carbon dynamics (Ongoing..)
- Water quality of the watershed as a reference (Ongoing..)
- Flow dynamics of the watershed before and after the 1989 Hurricane Hugo (Ongoing...)
- Coliform Bacteria and its TMDL studies (Proposed)
- Monitoring of Mercury and cycling studies (Proposed)
- Hydrologic effects of land use and climate change/urbanization on stream flow and GW dynamics
- Hydrologic models (HEC-RAS, SWAT, DRAINWAT) for evaluating the effects of land use change/urbanization and management including harvesting, thinning, prescribed burning, biomass treatments on hydrology and water quality

## Past Cooperators’ Meetings

- 1st: December 09, 2004 (14, 7 Agencies)
- 2nd: August 04, 2005 (15, 7 Agencies)
- 3rd: February 08, 2006 (22, 10 Agencies)
- 4th: September 06, 2006 (24, 9 Agencies)

## Funded Proposals

- Revitalization and Stream Flow Dynamics of Turkey Ck Watershed: FS SRS (Amatya/Callahan, June 2004)
- Shallow GW Table Monitoring: FS FMNF (Amatya, June 2006)
- Storm Event Hydrology Dynamics and Quinby Ck Monitoring: SC Sea Grant (Callahan/Amatya, August, 2006)
- Impacts of Imperviousness and Engineering Works on the Wetland Hydrology: OECD (Radecki-Pawlik AUK, December 2006)

## Not Funded Proposals

- Development of a GIS-based Hydrologic Model using SWAT: NCASI (Amatya, August 2005, August 2006)
- Development of a TMDL for Coliform Bacteria: SC Grant Commission (Gilreath et al., April 2006)
- Climate Change Impacts on Hydrologic Dynamics in Coastal Terrestrial Ecosystems: DOE Nat’l Inst for Climate Change Research (Callahan et al., September 2006)
- Unsteady 1D Water Surface Model of Natural Rivers with Vegetated Floodplain in Wetland area OECD, September 06 (Dorota et al., WAU)

## Proposals Submitted/Consideration

- Hydrologic Role in Carbon Dynamics in the Forested Landscape of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: NSF-CZO (02/07) (Williams et al.)
- Development of a Distributed Hydrologic Model using SWAT: FS FMNF (11/06) (Amatya)
- Hydrology, Coliform TMDL: SC Sea Grant ?

## Publications

- Amatya, D.M. and A. Radecki-Pawlik.  2006. Flow Dynamics of Three Forested Watersheds in Coastal South Carolina, U.S.A.  In Press,* Acta Scientiarium Polonorum – Formatio Cirtumiectus*, June 2007 issue.
- Amatya, D.M. and C. C. Trettin. 2006. An Eco-Hydrological Project on Turkey Creek Watershed, South Carolina, U.S.A. Accepted, In: *Integrated water management: practical experiences and case studies”* eds. (Coenen et al.) NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Series, Vol. I, Springer, The Netherlands.
- Amatya, D.M., C.C. Trettin, T.J. Callahan, and W. F. Hansen. 2007. Turkey Creek Watershed, South Carolina, U.S.A. – A Case Study of River Basin Management Plan. In Internal Review, In: *Integrated water management: practical experiences and case studies”* NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Series, Vol. II, Springer, The Netherlands.

## Presentations

- FS SRS All Scientists’ Meeting, January 2007, Atlanta
- Graduate Student Research, January 2007, College of Charleston
- NATO/CCMS IWM 6th Workshop, June, 2006, Poland
- ICRW 2nd Int’l Conference, May 2006, Coweeta Lab, NC
- ASABE/Weyerhaeuser Int’l Conference on Hydrology and Management of Forested Wetlands, April 2006, New Bern
- NATO/CCMS IWM 5th Workshop, Nov-Dec 2005, Turkey
- Society of Wetland Scientists’ Meeting, June 2005, Charleston
- ASABE’s NC, SC and GA Joint Meeting, June 2005, Charleston ASABE’s NC, SC and GA Joint Meeting, June 2005, Charleston
- ASABE 3rd TMDL Conference, March 2005, Atlanta
- Forest Service Physical Scientists’ Meeting, October 2004, San Diego

## WETLAND HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONS(SRS, CFWR ($2,000), FAMU) – 2005(SRS, CFWR ($1,500), FAMU) - 2006

- Joseph Amoah, PhD Candidate, FAMU
- FS SRS CRC Travel Support –2005-06 and 2006-07
- Modeling works in progress, Completion by Dec 2007

## BIOMASS REDUCTION STUDY (CFWR, JFSP,  NIFC) - 2005

- BIOMASS REDUCTION STUDY ***(CFWR, JFSP,  NIFC) - 2005***

- Comprehensive Fire Effects of Biomass Reduction on Stream Hydrology and Water Quality

- Control

- Treatment

## Trace Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Bottomland Hardwood Floodplains

- 	Characterize the trace greenhouse gas (CH4, N2O) fluxes from BLH forests;
- Provide a reference for norms that could be expected from restored BLH forests.
- Sample riparian zone from different sized streams (Fox Gulley branch, Turkey Creek, Nicholson Creek)

*(**USGS/BRD, CFWR, COFC) - 2005*

## Model  (Jordan, Jones & Golding, 2005)

**Subwatershed boundaries for CHS Harbor WQ **
**Model  ****(****Jordan, Jones & Golding, 2005****)**

**Santee experimental forested watersheds monitoring**
**stations used for CHS Harbor WQ model by**
**  ****(Jordan, Jones & Golding, 2005)**

**Charleston**

**Cooper River**

**SC DHEC and BCDCOG >>TMDL for DO**

**Turkey Creek**

## WEATHER & WATER QUALITY MONITORING

- Auto Weather Station (2005)
- Biweekly Grab Sampling*** ***(2005)
- ISCO Auto Sampler
- Linked with USGS Flow Gauging Datalogger (2006)
- WQ Sampling (0.03’)
- Nutrients and physical WQ
*Study funding ??*

*(**USGS, CFWR ($8,000)) – 2005-06*

*Weather Station*

## WATERSHED CHARACTERIZATION AND EVENT HYDROLOGY STUDY

- GIS Spatial data for Turkey & Quinby Creeks
- Turkey Creek Historic Data (1964-76)
- Storm Event Hydrographs
- Flow Monitoring of nearby Quinby Creek
*MS student Ileana la Torre *
*College of Charleston*

*(**SC SEA GRANT ($10,000), COFC and CFWR) - 2006*

## WATER TABLE DYNAMICS MONITORING

- Establishment of shallow GW wells – (4/6 wells)
- By Soils type
- Assessing wet areas, S/SS Water and  WT and Outflow relationships, Models
*Study/Student funding ??*

*(**FMNF ($5,000) and CFWR) – 2006-07*

## STREAM TRIBUTARY MONITORING

- Main and tributary Streams
- MS student (Beth Haley)
*College of Charleston*
*Dec 2006 – May, 2007*

## MODEL DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATION

- US ACE HEC-RAS Model
- All GIS data layers
- Catchment delineation
- Model parameterization
- Catchment monitoring
- Catchment management data
- Model Calibration/Validation
- Scenario Analyses
*COFC*
*Potential Funding Agency ???*

## MODEL SIMULATION STUDY

- Engineer/Scientist, Poland
- Agric. University of Krakow
*OECD Travel Grant *
*FS CFWR – Host Country*
*July-August, 2007 (6 Weeks)*
*Hydrologic Effects of Urbanization and Forest Road Drainage Structures*