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IntensiveWatershedMonitoring(IWM):

ThiefRiverWatershed

ChadAnderson

KarstenKlimek

ScottNiemela

GrandForks,

ND

Feb.20th,2013


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IWM BackgroundWM Background 2004: Water Quality Monitoring Strategy

Assess MN streams and lakes over a 10

81 major watersheds monitored on a 10 yearrotating schedule.

year rotating cycle.

2006: MN Clean Water Legacy Act (CWLA)

2-3 watersheds/regional office/year (Phase 1).

, ,quality of Minnesotas surface waters byproviding authority, direction and resources

to achieve and maintain water qualitystandardsfor surfacewatersasre uiredb

(Phase 2).

Help plan future MPCA sampling and Total Daily

section 303(d) of the federal Clean WaterAct.

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ax mum oa proec s.

Appropriation which allows for fullimplementation of the condition monitoringpart of the strategy.


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Condition Monitor ingCondition Monitor ing

Systematic sampling ofSystematic sampling of ImpairedImpaired

LakeLake

Assess Aquatic Life, AquaticAssess Aquatic Life, AquaticRec, & Aquatic ConsumptionRec, & Aquatic Consumption

Phase IIPhase II

ImpairedImpairedUnimpairedUnimpaired

Additional monitoringAdditional monitoring

Identify stressors & sourcesIdentify stressors & sources

NondegradationNondegradation

u wa ers e su wa ers e su wa ers e su wa ers e s

TMDL StudyTMDL Study

Set goalsSet goals

Desi n lanDesi n lan

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Load MonitoringStation

BMPsBMPs

PermitsPermits


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Common Termsommon Terms HUC Hydrologic Unit Code

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On Average 1000 mi2

11/12 Digit Medium Watershed (Mud Creek)

On Average 95 mi2

14 Digit/Minor Small Watershed

IBI

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MPCA Water IndicatorsUse SupportUse Support Examples of Indicators used toExamples of Indicators used to

Assess StreamsAssess Streams

Aquatic LifeAquatic Life(HUC 8,11,14)(HUC 8,11,14)

Fish & Invert IBI, Toxics,Fish & Invert IBI, Toxics,Turbidity, D.O., PesticidesTurbidity, D.O., Pesticides

RecreationRecreation

(HUC 8, 11)(HUC 8, 11)

AquaticAquaticConsumptionConsumption

Fish Hg, PCBs, and PFOSFish Hg, PCBs, and PFOS


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10 year Intensive Watershed

on or ng c e u e

*The 10 year schedule runs from 2009 to 2018.


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Thief Watershed Stats...Special Features:Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge

Basin:asin: Counties: Beltrami,Lake of the Woods, Marshall,Pennington, Roseau

Total Area: 975.66 sq. milesThief River Length:hief River Length: 71 milesLand Use:ores sq. m es

Grassland 73 sq. milesRow Crop 324 sq. milesShrub 3 s . milesWetland 325 sq. miles

Developed 26 sq. milesOpen Water 17 sq. miles


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Phase 1 Site Selection Criteria Pour point method

Systematic sampling near the mouth at all watershed scales Non-bias a roach Obtain assessment level data on all indicators

Road crossings for easy access

1 mile away from larger water bodies Lakes

Larger rivers (>2 stream orders) Wetland complexes

Natural vs. Channelized

No sites if < 5 mi 40 mi = 2 sites, 80 mi = 3, and so on.

Ever watershed ossesses uni ue situations!


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Phase 1 Site Selection Initial sites were chosen using ArcMap

Using: Aerial photographs; streamtraces;

8, 11 and 14 digit HUCS; MN DOT roads

Existing STORET or Biological sites werepreferred locations

Sites visited in October 2010 Verified the site was accessible

Safe place to park and work Verified the site has water in it

To eliminate any problems with sitesgoing dry

Assessed the type of equipment wewould need

Example: St. Louis Watershed


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Thief River Watershed

Biological monitoring for determination

of aquatic l ife use support (n=40)

Monitoring for determination of aquatic

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Biological Samplingiological Sampling


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Fish Communityish Community35 times MSW (following Lyons 1992)

Single pass electro-fishing

Index period (mid-June to mid-Sept.)

Sample during base flow


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G TTear Typesear TypesBackpack electrofisher: Generally used in small, wadeablestreams (typically < 6 MSW and < 50 mi2 drainage area).

Stream electrofisher: Used in larger, wadeable streams and

rivers (typically > 6 MSW and 50-500 mi2 drainage area).

Mini-boom electrofisher: Used in non-wadeable streams and

Boom electrofisher: Used in large rivers with Public Waterccess.


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Index of Biological Integrityndex of Biological Integrityndex of Biological Integrityndex of Biological IntegrityCompositerepresentationofbiological

con on

Pollutiontolerance

Speciesrichness

Trophic(feeding)

habits

Reproductivetraits

Habitatpreferences

Lifehistory

strategies


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fieldsampling sortingandID

rawbiological

data

assessmentdecision

Metric MetricValue

Totalnumberoffish 334

IBImetricsCommonName Number

creekchub 78

longnosedace 50

fatheadminnow 48

olden redhorse 30

IBI Score

Totalnumber

of

species 26

NumberofDarterspecies 2

NumberofGravelspawningspecies 9

NumberofRoundbodiedSuckerspecies 3

PercentExotics ecies 3.0

commonshiner 28

sandshiner 23

spotfinshiner 14

bigmouthshiner 11

commoncarp 10

. PercentMinnows 80.2PercentPiscivorous indivuals 3.3

PercentSensitive

individuals 18.6

PercentBenthicInsectivoreindividuals 30.5

whitesucker 7

hornyheadchub 5

johnnydarter 5

northernpike 4

rockbass 4


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Parameter_Name Class Class_Name Use_Class Threshold CI Upper_CL Lower_CL

IBIFish 1 SouthernRivers 2b 46 11 57 35

IBIFish 2 SouthernStreams 2b 45 9 54 36

IBIFish 3 SouthernHeadwaters 2b 51 7 58 44

IBIFish 4 NorthernRivers 2b 35 9 44 26

IBIFish 5 Northern

Streams 2b 50 9 59 41

IBIFish 6 NorthernHeadwaters 2b 40 16 56 24

IBIFish 7 LowGradient 2b 40 10 50 30

s ou ern o wa er a

IBIFish 11 NorthernColdwater 2a 37 10 47 27

Parameter_Name Class Class_Name Use_Class Threshold CI Upper_CL Lower_CL

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IBIInverts 2 PrairieForestRivers 2b 30.7 10.8 41.5 19.9

IBIInverts 3 NorthernForestStreamsRR 2b 50.3 12.6 62.9 37.7

IBIInverts 4 NorthernForestStreamsGP 2b 52.4 13.6 66 38.8

IBIInverts 5 SouthernStreamsRR 2b 35.9 12.6 48.5 23.3

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IBIInverts 7 Prairie

Streams

GP 2b 38.3 13.6 51.9 24.7

IBIInverts 8 NorthernColdwater 2a 26 12.4 38.4 13.6

IBIInverts 9 SouthernColdwater 2a 46.1 13.8 59.9 32.3

zdevelopment. They are expected to be approximately 15

points less than the general use thresholds


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Fish IBI ScoresNAME FieldNum Date ChanCon FishClass FIBI Threshold

County Ditch 20 11RD051 15-J un-11 Channelized 5 53 Good

County Ditch 20 11RD036 24-Aug-11 Channelized 5 47 Good

AboveThreshold/Good

County Ditch 20 11RD056 16-J un-11 Channelized 5 9 Poor

Trib. to County Ditch 20 11RD037 14-J un-11 Channelized 7 23 Poor

County Ditch 32 11RD052 15-J un-11 Channelized 7 15 Poor

J udicial Ditch 11 11RD047 07-Sep-11 Channelized 5 52 Good

J udicial Ditch 13 07RD020 20-J un-11 Channelized 7 18 Poor

Below

Threshold/Poor

J udicial Ditch 18 11RD055 15-J un-11 Channelized 6 36 Good

Moose River 11RD062 04-Aug-11 Channelized 5 35 Good

Moose River 11RD063 08-Sep-11 Channelized 5 39 Good



Mud River 11RD060 07-Sep-11 Channelized 5 50 Good

Mud River 11RD061 06-Sep-11 Channelized 5 39 Good

Thief River 11RD031 21-J un-11 Natural 4 34 35

Thief River 11RD031 24-Aug-11 Natural 4 71 35

Thief River 11RD040 13-Sep-11 Channelized 4 60 Good

T e R ver 11RD042 25-Aug-11 C anne ze 5 39 Goo

Trib. to Mud River 11RD059 20-J un-11 Channelized 6 69 Good

Trib. to Judicial Ditch 13 11RD053 15-J un-11 Channelized 7 0 Poor

J udicial Ditch 11 11RD045 14-J un-11 Channelized 7 47 Good

Trib. to County Ditch 20 11RD057 08-Sep-11 Channelized 7 43 Good

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Trib. to Thief River 11RD033 13-J un-11 Channelized 6 21 Poor

Trib. to Moose River 11RD068 21-J un-11 Channelized 7 49 Good

Trib. to Moose River 11RD069 21-J un-11 Channelized 7 48 Good

Unnamed Ditch 11RD041 14-J un-11 Channelized 7 23 Poor

Trib. to Mud Lake 11RD046 01-Au -11 Channelized 7 54 Good.

J udicial Ditch 11 11RD038 24-Aug-11 Channelized 5 34 Good

J udicial Ditch 18 11RD032 13-J un-11 Channelized 5 9 Poor


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Fish Species Collected

BigmouthShiner 2BlackBullhead 1BlackCrappie 1Blackside Darter 10Bluegill 1

BrassyMinnow 9Brook

Stickleback 28

BrownBullhead 1CentralMudminnow 29CommonShiner 4EmeraldShiner 3FatheadMinnow 25FinescaleDace 18FreshwaterDrum 1GenPhoxinus 1GoldenRedhorse 1HornyheadChub 1IowaDarter 12JohnnyDarter 10NorthernPike 9Northern

Redbelly

Dace 19

PearlDace 16RockBass 1ShortheadRedhorse 4SmallmouthBass 1Spottail Shiner 4Walleye 4

WhiteSucker 18YellowPerch 3


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Macroinvertebrate Communityacroinvertebrate Communityacroinvertebrate Communityacroinvertebrate CommunityRepresentative and repeatable sample:

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index period (August-September)entire sample pooled and preserved in field

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identifications to at least genus


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Invertebrate IBI Scores

Name FieldNum Date ChanCon InvertClass MIBI Threshold

CountyDitch20 11RD051 10Aug11 Channelized 5 44.13042638 Good

AboveThreshold/Good

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CountyDitch32 11RD052 10Aug11 Channelized 7 14.77550112 Poor

JudicialDitch11 11RD038 10Aug11 Channelized 7 20.7776478 Poor

BelowThreshold/Poor

JudicialDitch11 11RD047 11Aug11 Channelized 7 31.90918016 Good

JudicialDitch13 07RD020 14Aug07 Channelized 7 39.94679617 Good

MooseRiver 05RD104 11Oct05 Channelized 7 36.83497148 Good

MooseRiver 11RD063 02Aug11 Channelized 4 58.22904315 Good

MooseRiver 11RD062 02Aug11 Channelized 7 40.34687549 Good

MooseRiver 05RD096 11Oct05 Channelized 7 24.362158 Good

MooseRiver 11RD064 13Sep11 Channelized 7 37.82996969 Good

MooseRiver 11RD067 15Sep11 Channelized 7 54.05636142 Good

MudRiver 05RD097 28

Sep

05 Natural 7 65.78030423 21

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MudRiver 11RD061 31Aug11 Channelized 7 36.72921882 Good

ThiefRiver 11RD031 30Aug11 Natural 5 29.19117175 24

ThiefRiver 11RD042 25Aug11 Channelized 7 40.44861125 Good

Trib.toCountyDitch20 11RD037 10Aug11 Channelized 7 23.856092 Good

Trib.toJudicialDitch13 07RD019 14Aug07 Channelized 7 17.64114727 Poor

Trib.toMooseRiver 11RD068 31Aug11 Channelized 7 59.50842225 Good

Trib.toMooseRiver 11RD069 11Aug11 Channelized 7 36.58341976 Good

Trib.toMudLake 11RD046 01Aug11 Channelized 7 9.390643 Poor

Trib.toThiefRiver 11RD034 01Aug11 Channelized 7 12.607842 Poor

Trib.toThiefRiver 11RD033 02Aug11 Channelized 7 3.42516915 Poor


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Questions ?

MPCA watershed assessment report for the Thief River Watershed will becompleted in the Winter of 2014 and posted on the MPCA website watershed

page:

http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/water/index.html

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