Here in Fredericksburg, we are situated in one of the most idyllic portions of Virginia, we are far enough south from DC and far enough north from Richmond and just rural enough that our AQI is hovers typically around 20. Additionally, our power is supplied by one of the largest nuclear power plants in the US, the North Anna Power Station, so we experience none of the effects of the coal mining or burning that supplies much of the state's energy. In light of this, and because it interests me personally I have chosen to investigate water quality as the topic of my final paper.
While nearly all of the larger waterways in the Chesapeake Basin are rated at a "good" water quality according to the EPA's "Your Community" section, there are a number of smaller tributaries that are "impacted" or worse quality. I have lived in this area long enough to know these streams and runnels well, the only thing that surrounds them are the many small farms that dot the landscape in Spotsylvania and other counties that lie adjacent to Fredericksburg. Ground water sytems have always interested me greatly, and I will concentrate the specific local impact …show more content…
One good resource to use would be the Federal Wildlife Services' Invasive Species portal. There is a subsection on Pests in Pacific Northwest Forested Systems. In this subcategory (for which I have provided a link below), there is a link referencing a paper written by Jeffrey Mitton and Scott Ferrenberg and published in The American Naturalist in 2012 about the population explosion that D. ponderosae experienced in the Colorado area, and linking it to the long-term shift in temperature ranges in that area between 1970 and
While nearly all of the larger waterways in the Chesapeake Basin are rated at a "good" water quality according to the EPA's "Your Community" section, there are a number of smaller tributaries that are "impacted" or worse quality. I have lived in this area long enough to know these streams and runnels well, the only thing that surrounds them are the many small farms that dot the landscape in Spotsylvania and other counties that lie adjacent to Fredericksburg. Ground water sytems have always interested me greatly, and I will concentrate the specific local impact …show more content…
One good resource to use would be the Federal Wildlife Services' Invasive Species portal. There is a subsection on Pests in Pacific Northwest Forested Systems. In this subcategory (for which I have provided a link below), there is a link referencing a paper written by Jeffrey Mitton and Scott Ferrenberg and published in The American Naturalist in 2012 about the population explosion that D. ponderosae experienced in the Colorado area, and linking it to the long-term shift in temperature ranges in that area between 1970 and