Attachment II: Aquatic Resources and Water Quality
Questionnaire
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1. Name of national park unit covered by this
questionnaire:
2. Contact information for the principal person
completing this questionnaire:
A. Name:
B. Position:
C. Telephone number:
D. Email address:
3. What aquatic resources are present within
the park boundary (see next page for list of definitions); have any of these
systems/subsystems been inventoried (I), monitored (M) or has research (R) been
conducted within any of these systems/subsystems (respond in column 4 with an I,
M, and/or R); provide the actual total count for each system/subsystem
inventoried, or if not inventoried provide an estimated count, if possible, for
each system/subsystem (column 5); in column 6, identify the source of the count
in column 5 (I for Inventory, E for estimate).
3. continued
Definitions of terms associated with 3 above:
1. Marine System: open ocean
2. Subtidal Subsystem: substrate continuously
submerged
3. Intertidal Subsystem: substrate is exposed
and flooded by tides and includes associated splash zone
4. Lotic System: flowing water
5. Tidal Subsystem: channel gradient is low and
water velocity fluctuates under tidal influence
6. Perennial Subsystem: water flows throughout
the year
7. Intermittent Subsystem: channel contains
flowing water for only part of the year. When water is not flowing, it may
remain in isolated pools or surface water may be absent
8. Lentic System: ponds, lakes, and reservoirs
9. Palustrine System: all nontidal wetlands
dominated by trees, shrubs, persistent emergent vegetation, emergent mosses or
lichens, and all such wetlands that occur in tidal areas where salinity due to
ocean-derived salts is below 0.5 0/00
4. List water bodies of particular importance
or interest to the park and park management (for Column 2 see 3 above). Water
Body Type Reason for Importance or Interest
5. List past and current water quality
monitoring (physical, chemical, biological) efforts within your park. Attach
additional page, if necessary.
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6. List the water resource management issues or
land use issues that now impact water resources from either within or outside
your park. Examples of issues to list include: atmospheric deposition,
introduced species, resource degradation due to visitor impact,
logging/deforestation, agriculture, grazing, mining, road construction, off-road
vehicles, sewage from second homes, boats & personal water craft, urbanization
on a park boundary, etc (you may have other issues). Issues also may include
“point discharges” into park aquatic systems or their upstream tributaries
(note, a “point discharge” is something coming from a pipe or a distinct point
of leakage, as opposed to a “non point discharge” from diffuse sources, such as
contaminated runoff coming from farm fields. Point discharges also can include
public or privately owned treatment works (POTW’s) --i.e., sewage plants. Point
discharges also can include EPA designated Superfund Sites. Think in terms of
both current impacts to water bodies and future impacts related to growth
(industrial, commercial, or residential) or expansion of various types of
development. Attach additional page, if necessary.
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7. List the Staff level of experience or
interest in water quality monitoring at the park. Identify individuals with a
particular interest in water resources or water quality monitoring. If your park
has particular outside contacts or sources for water quality and water resource
issues, please include them.
Thank you for your time and effort in completing this questionnaire. If you have
any questions or need clarification, please contact: Robert Hoffman: (541)
750-1013 or robert_hoffman@usgs.gov
The questionnaire can be returned to Robert
Hoffman via email or snailmail:
Robert Hoffman
USGS FRESC
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
