Fall River

When I was young I was a boy scout. During my time in scouts I read the book Hatchet, a story about a boy who is in a plane crash and has to survive alone in the wilderness. Being a boy scout the story grabbed my attention, a boy about my age surviving alone using the same techniques I was learning. This gave the book a personal meaning to me. The book made me want to continue as a scout, as it gave meaning to what I was doing. The book kept me in scouts and that is why Hatchet is a memorable…

To perform the study, two streams were picked from different watersheds. In Carrollton, Georgia, Buffalo Creek from the Tallapoosa in the city limits was the first river we visited. This stream was next to paved roads, apartment complexes, and was located inside a paved park; urban area. The second stream, Yellow Dirt Creek, was located off a dirt road, with little to no houses close to it; rural area. This stream was part of the Chattahoochee watershed, and is in Roopville, Georgia. It is…

Voluntary home buyouts are used by the Harris County Flood Control District to reduce flood damages in areas hopelessly deep in the floodplain where structural flood damage reduction projects, like channel modifications or detention basins, are not cost effective and/or beneficial. Generally, these are homes that should have never been built. More than 60 percent of the county was developed before floodplain regulations were implemented in the 1980s. The Flood Control District’s Voluntary Home…

water and culture have been incredibly interlinked. Since the beginning of settled life, humans have almost always recognized that settling by a body of clean usable water is necessary. Over time this need began to give birth to a deep respect for rivers, lakes and streams. Because water is such a critical element of life it was worshipped and appreciated for thousands of years by almost all cultures of the past. It has been a source of power and inspiration for thousands of years. The influence…

Wide-spread recognition of escalating hydrological alterations of rivers has increased as a result of existing and projected future increases in water demands. The importance of a river’s flow regime for sustaining biodiversity and ecological integrity has been well studied over the last past 4 decades. This paper synthesizes the flow assessment methodologies to understand ecological responses to flow alteration and begins with a compilation of all historical methods to assess environmental…

three and a half million miles of streams and river habitats. These streams and rivers once were flourishing ecosystems of prestien water, boasting healthy populations of native fish, and plant life. In the United States, streams provide some of the most prized fishing locations for many different species. Today however, as cause from human development, there has been a major negative impact on the health of these cherished waterways. A large number of rivers and streams have lost prized game…

Hatchet Hatchet is about a boy named Brian who gets stuck on a deserted island after a plane crash. Brian has to learn how to survive with very minimal supplies, food, and no fresh water. Throughout the story, the reader can identify many different elements of symbolism. These symbolic elements represent how Brian has changed throughout the course of the story. Throughout the entire story, Brian is constantly with a hatchet, hence the title. Besides the fact that the hatchet helps him survive,…

In light of recent events down in South Carolina it has been brought to my attention that we have a serious problem and that problem is, flooding. Now there is absolutely no excuse for flooding, it can and should be prevented. It’s not like an earthquake, where you have no notice and it’s not like a tornado where it swoops down and suddenly destroys everything. Warning can be given for a flood, sometimes weeks in advance. It starts out slow and accumulates, but don’t let that fool you. Water is…

River otters can stay underwater for up to eight minutes and can close their ears and nostrils to keep water out! They can also dive to a depth of 60 feet!The otter is a small mammal that lives both in water and on land. There are 13 known species of otters that inhabit areas around the world Otters have a thick coat of fur which enables the otter to be warm in near freezing waters. There is also a series of thin hairs under the otters fur that help to trap air and keep the otter warm. The river…

The books Hatchet and Brian’s winter, both written by Gary Paulsen. They are about a young man that has to go through some profound changes to make it in the wilderness alone. In the first book, which is the Hatchet. Brian is the main character in the story, when brian was on his way to his father’s house when the pilot of the two seat passenger airplane started to die. The plane began to go down, Brian began to panick. When the plane finally crashed in a big pond in the middle of…