Fish Community Monitoring at Homestead National Monument of America 2004-2011 Status Report

Download or read book Fish Community Monitoring at Homestead National Monument of America 2004-2011 Status Report written by National Park Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homestead National Monument of America (HOME) is located in the Central Great Plains Ecoregion of Nebraska. The park is 0.79 km2, containing 0.40 km2 of restored tallgrass prairie. Approximately 2 km of Cub Creek flows through the western portion of HOME with 0.24 km2 of hardwood forest adjacent to the creek. Land use within the Cub Creek watershed is predominately agriculture. Historical water chemistry data (1960-1997) showed that Cub Creek water quality was negatively impacted by agricultural practices and industrial discharges in the watershed (NPS Water Resources Division 1999).