UW-Stout Campus Stormwater Management
BIO 444/SUST 425 Capstone Project
University of Wisconsin - Stout
Created by:
Adam Adank, Aaron Johnson, Blia Yang
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Table of Contents
Project Timeline...............................................................................................................................3
Description of Current Conditions............................................................................................4 -10
Project Proposal.......................................................................................................................11-15
Summary and Recommendations..................................................................................................16
References.....................................................................................................................................17
Appendices............................................................................................................................. ......19
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Project Timeline
Feb 9: Team/project assignments -Team contract signing. Project planning: What we need to
know? How can we find out? What tools are available to us? Who will be responsible for what
aspect?
Feb 1: Presented overview of initial plan of attack to class/instructor.
Feb 23: Walked the campus looking for problem stormwater areas, places to implement
impervious surfaces, and areas to propose vegetative swells
Feb 28: Used class work time to create a PowerPoint presentation to present to Sarah Rykal and
Mike Smith
Mar 1: Met with Mike Smith and Sarah Rykal to present problem stormwater areas and to
discuss feasibility of implementing rain gardens, impervious surfaces, and vegetative swells
around campus.
Mar 6: Project work-next steps: brainstorming and identifying possible solutions or changes to
more sustainable practices. Determine a plan of action to examine feasibility/impacts of possible
solutions.
Mar 8: Met with Lynn Peterson at the UW- Eau Claire campus to observe and discuss rain
gardens and impervious surfaces and to discuss plans for implementing rain gardens at Stout.
Mar 20: Used the Trimble GPS unit to map total rain garden drainage areas in the south lawn of
the Memorial Student Center (MSC).
Mar 22: Used the Trimble GPS unit to map out exact rain garden areas in the south lawn of the
MSC.
Mar 29: Progress report to class: Stage 2 - How feasible are the proposed solutions/changes?
Determine focus.
Apr 3: Downloaded Trimble GPS coordinates into ArcGIS and started working on a final map
of proposed rain garden locations.
Apr 5: Continued working on final GIS map of the proposed rain gardens
Apr 10: Met with Kitrina Carlson to discuss the rain garden design including plant selection and
soil analysis.
Apr 12: Met with instructors to discuss final report and look over project poster
Apr 17: Began writing final report
Apr 19: Turned in rough draft of final report to instructors
April 30: Final project presentation to the UW-Stout Campus Exteriors Committee
May 8: Poster presentation for the UW-Stout STEM Expo
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DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS:
Recently there has been a greater push throughout the United States to start “going
green,” and college campuses are no exception. In 2007, UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen
signed the American College and Universities Presidents Climate Commitment, which states that
UW-Stout must make an “effort to address global warming by garnering institutional
commitments to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions and to accelerate the research and
educational efforts of higher education to equip society to re-stabilize the earth’s climate” (UWStout, 2011). By signing the Climate Action Plan, Chancellor Sorenson established that, “UWStout agrees to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions on campus, with the eventual goal of leaving
a neutral carbon footprint while at the same time providing education to students who will, in
turn, help society to do the same” (UW-Stout, 2011). Some potential initiatives UW-Stout
intended to accomplish by 2015 are:
● Return on-campus plantings to native species
● Install more permeable surfaces
● Re-grade landscapes for stormwater management
Stormwater is water that comes from precipitation either by snowfall or rain. Stormwater
that is not absorbed by the ground can cause runoff, flooding, and erosion. Most water that flows
over impervious surfaces is directed into storm sewers which eventually discharge into lakes,
rivers, and streams. Stormwater runoff is a concern because it often contains pollutants, salt, and
sediment. All of these contaminants affect the plants and organisms that inhabit surface waters.
Sediment and pollution make it difficult for plants and other aquatic organisms to survive and
can cause the deterioration of aquatic habitat.
This report focuses on stormwater management techniques and the potential use of rain
gardens on the UW-Stout campus. This project emphasizes our Environmental Science
background and allows us to utilized GIS skills. During the first part of the semester, Juliana
Lucchesi made a presentation to the class on sustainability around campus. One of her topics was
to make a stormwater management proposal for the UW-Stout Grounds Department because she
had been getting complaints from students on campus that there has been standing water across
sidewalks. Students were also complaining to her that there was not enough native vegetation
around campus, and that they would like to see more stormwater management practices
implemented here at Stout. This report focuses on stormwater management techniques and the
potential use of rain gardens on the UW-Stout campus. We decided to pursue this project
because it emphasizes our Environmental Science background and allows us to utilize the GIS
skills we have developed while at Stout.
Resources Used in Developing the Project
We used many resources to develop our project proposal. On February 23, 2012 we set
up a meeting with Mike smith (Grounds Supervisor) and Sarah Rykal (Environmental
Sustainability Coordinator) at UW- Stout. We spoke with them about the hazardous stormwater
areas we observed and showed them a PowerPoint with some of our proposed areas for rain
gardens, porous surfaces, and vegetated swales. After the presentation, Mike Smith told us
vegetated swales in our proposed areas would be impractical due to limited parking on campus.
He also told us porous surfaces would clog with dirt and sediment making them irrelevant. He
was also very adamant about the fact that rain gardens could leave standing water, which could
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be hazards to students. Overall, Mike Smith was open to the ideas we presented, but he wanted
factual evidence, statistics, and physical proof these proposed ideas could work before moving
forward with our ideas. After this meeting we decided to gather more information by visiting the
University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire (UWEC) where they have already implemented rain
gardens and porous surfaces with statistical data to back them up.
Speaking with others who have experience in creating rain gardens was the single best
way to get more information on why and how to build rain gardens. On March 8, 2012, Lynn
Peterson, Assistant Director of Operation at the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire (UWEC),
gave us an extensive tour of the progressive rain garden models they are implementing on
campus. She showed us how the rain gardens work and how to go about starting the process of
creating a rain garden on the UW-Stout campus. The photo below is an example of a UWEC rain
garden that is located near a large parking lot. They’ve included large rocks to slow the velocity
of the runoff. Large vegetation with deep roots is planted to filter sediments and runoff. Elevated
stormwater drainage in the middle of the rain garden is to insure overflow of standing water
(Figure 1).
Figure 1. Rain garden located near a large parking lot on the UWEC campus.
Kitrina Carlson, PhD, also provided guidance about rain gardens. She directed us to
several books about planning and establishing rain gardens. Determining the soil type on campus
that correlates best with specific plants was a challenging aspect of the proposal.
Juliana Lucchesi, the UW-Stout Student Association Sustainability Senator, proposed the
idea of having a project related to stormwater management. She also attended the meetings with
Mike Smith and Lynn Peterson.
Sarah Rykal, UW-Stout Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, helped facilitate the
meeting with Mike Smith. She is also working with the Vice Chancellor of Administrative and
Student Life Services (ASLS) to reassess the current stormwater management plan for UW-
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Stout.
Other resources that we used were the Trimble GPS unit, and ArcGIS mapping software.
The Trimble helped us accurately trace the areas in which we wanted the rain garden and
drainage areas to be located.
Operational Details and Technical Factors
After talking with others, we decided to walk the campus with Krista James to get a
better idea of problem areas on our campus. We walked the parking lot next to Jarvis Hall and
observed possible places for vegetated swales. Then we walked around the residence hall
grounds to see if we could observe rooftop runoff but later found out that the rooftop runoff all
drained directly into the storm drain through interior plumbing. After walking some of the
campus, we decided the next step should be getting campus contour lines to better determine the
lowest areas where standing water is collecting.
We wanted to locate the most susceptible area for our rain garden by overlaying contour
lines on an aerial map using ArcGIS. Calculating the area and location of the rain garden was
based on elevation. This will tell us the water flow and areas most likely to hold standing water.
You can see how in our proposed rain garden location map the rain garden drainage area follows
the the basic outline of the contours of elevation (Figure 2 ).
Figure 2. Example of overlay of contour lines on an aerial map.
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We surveyed several locations based on elevation change and standing water. We
identified areas between Library and Heritage Hall (Figure 3), between library and power plant
(Figure 4), between Vocational Rehabilitation Building and Library (Figure 5), between
Vocational Rehabilitation Building and Millennium Hall (Figure 6), next to North Hall (Figure
7), and the South Lawn (Figure 8). We mainly focused on rain garden locations but also
identified places where vegetated swales and porous surfaces could be located (Figure 9). Figure
4 exemplifies how there is no control of stormwater before it enters the storm drain. All the water
travels from the top of the hill directly into the storm drain.
Figure 3. Area next to east side of library and Heritage Hall showing
soil erosion from water runoff.
Figure 4. Area behind library where rain garden could replace storm
water drain.
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Figure 5. Area along 3rd Street East where vegetated swale could
replace storm water drain at the bottom of the hill.
Figure 6. Area between Millennium Hall and Vocational
Rehabilitation center that could be good rain garden collection spots.
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Figure 7. Area of standing water in front of north hall dormitory.
Figure 8. Student walking paths or “desire paths” on bare ground that
could be turned into porous surface walkways.
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Figure 9. Campus areas surveyed for stormwater management potential.
Triple Bottom Line Analysis
The triple bottom line encompasses three major facets: people, planet and profit. The
basic principal is to focus on fulfilling all three of these ideas and evaluating to see where the
company is in regards to where they would like to be. The companies need to focus on people
and how socially responsible they are. Planet is a measurement of how environmentally
responsible the company and its members have been. The third and most traditional component
is profit. When it comes down to it, a company must make a profit or else it is not worth it to the
stakeholders. A company must be in compliance of all three of these bottom lines. In our
project, we focused on planet by improving the native habitat and reducing the stormwater runoff. People would have a learning environment as well as the school having a sustainable system
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in place that they could highlight to new students. We would be saving money by implementing
several rain gardens because of the low cost of start-up and maintenance.
Environmental Impacts: While rain gardens are a highly functional way to help protect
water quality, they are also gardens and should be an attractive part of the landscape. We want to
consider native plants with appropriate height, bloom time, color and overall texture. The height
and bloom time variation will give texture, depth, and dimension. The color of the plants will
give the rain garden an aesthetically pleasing look.
PROJECT PROPOSAL
We are proposing four rain gardens on the University of Wisconsin-Stout south lawn of
the Memorial Student Center (MSC) (Figure 10). The rain garden size will depend on what type
of soils the garden will be planted in and how much surface water will drain to the garden.
According to the DNR website, the soil is considered to be alluvial. It will be important to dig
the rain garden to the correct depth with a berm on the outside. A berm is a low “wall” around
the rain garden that holds the water in during a storm (Gishnock and Baker, 2003).
Figure 10. Proposed rain garden sites within the south lawn of the MSC
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Based on our calculations, the four proposed MSC rain gardens (Figure 10) would absorb
a total of 35,843.28 gallons of rain water during a 1 inch rain event and approximately
1,095,370.64 gallons during a year (based on annual rainfall of 30.56 inches). This water would
infiltrate into the ground where it would recharge ground water, rather than flowing into a storm
drain where it currently impacts downstream water quality and quantity.
Table 1. Rain garden predictions based on area and average rainfall each year. Annual rainfall
was from usclimatedata.com and USGS website. Rain gardens are 1 – 4 from bottom to top in
photo 2 above.
The resources required to start constructing the proposed rain gardens are: sewer drain
with elevated opening, depression in land, several layers of material starting with sand, larger
pebbles and topped with black dirt. Native prairie plants should be planted (based on 3,000 sq ft
we will need 2,600 plants) making the initial cost somewhere around 7,500-10,500 dollars for
the plants. To keep cost low we recommend working with classrooms and student organizations
to recruit volunteers to do the manual labor of digging the depression around the sewer drain and
also planting the small plants. The construction of these rain gardens would be great project
opportunities for many of the Environmental Science students participating in the plant sciences
or land resources emphasis classes. The construction or maintenance of the rain gardens could
also serve as learning opportunities for campus clubs.
Several approaches could be used to start the rain gardens. The easiest route would be
raising the drain and planting the plants the way the ground is now. A more extensive strategy
would be better for the long term goal of managing stormwater. This would include having a
designated area like we have proposed (Figure 10). We would start by getting volunteers to dig
around the storm drain then raise the height of the storm drain. Then the area within the rain
garden should be filled with a layer of sand and pea gravels. The area will be much more porous
using this approach. A top layer of black soil with be placed on top of this porous layer, and then
the plants will be ready to go into the ground (Figure 11). The raising of the sewer drain is for
backup when there are extreme storms to prevent water from running onto nearby sidewalks.
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Figure 11. Where to dig and where to put the soil dug by making it into a berm (Considine and
Horwatich, 2003)
When planting we will lay out the clump of individual species in group of 3 to 7 plants.
This will provide a better array of colors. Repeating this pattern will increase texture and growth.
By incorporating a diverse mixture of sedges, flowers, and grasses, we will allow the plants to
grow competitively in a normal cycle. This not only adds beauty to our rain garden but also
creates thick underground mixture of roots that promotes quick uptake of moisture. Native
vegetation will establish a deep roots systems and weeds will naturally decline (Figure 12).
Figure 12. Showing the structural components of proposed rain garden (Cross section
rain garden, 2011).
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When maintaining a rain garden it is important to know that weeds will continue to be
present throughout the rain gardens life time but will diminish over time. To have an acceptable
looking garden maintenance needs to be performed on a regular basis. Although chemical
treatments are fast and simple, it may not be most sustainable practice. It will be important to
maintain the rain garden until native plants are mature enough to naturally keep most weeds at
bay. A general rule of gardening is that plants need one inch of water per week if immediate
water is not present. Once the rain garden is established, water will not be necessary as rain will
do the job.
Based on the soil texture and infiltration rate of the soil and the plant hardiness zone
(Figure 13), we decided on a collection of native plants: Grasses and sedges such as Bottlebrush
sedge (Carex comosa), Emory's sedge (Carex emoryi), Inland sedge (Carex interior), Virginia
wild rye(Elymus virginicus), switch grass(Panicum vagatum), fowl bluegrass(Poa palustris),
pale purple coneflower (Echiacea pallida), little bluestem (Schiachyrium scoparium), black-eyed
susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) are great choices for a rain
garden in this region because they are native to this area along with their ability to thrive in this
floodplain forest region (Figure 14).
Figure 13. Plant hardiness zones (Reeves 2012).
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Figure 14. Illustrates a general
idea of rain garden map
design, plant locations, and
number of species. Actually
number of plants may vary
depending on rain garden size
(Considine and Horwatich,
2003).
Other factors include maintaining the rain garden and cost. Some weeding will always be
needed and time-consuming for the first two years. After the third year and beyond, the native
grass, rushes, and wildflowers will begin to mature and out-compete the weeds.
The cost of a rain garden depends on the grounds crew and the initial cost of the seeding.
Rain garden plants will cost approximately $3 to $5 per square foot (Gishnock and Baker, 2003).
By choosing native prairie plants over turf vegetation we will save approximately $952 annually
(Figure 15).
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Figure 15. Comparison of costs between sod, seed and prairie (Mariner et al., 2004)
Summary and Recommendations
Our original goal was to evaluate stormwater around the entire campus, but we soon
discovered that we needed to narrow down our focus. After speaking with Lynn Peterson and
touring the UW-Eau Claire campus, we decided to target a smaller section of the Stout campus.
The south lawn of the Memorial Student Center (MSC) is a large enough area to collect a
significant amount of rainfall based on where we could realistically build rain gardens on
campus. We believe are proposal should be implemented to show current and prospective
students that Stout is keeping its word and making a conscious effort to follow through with the
proposed Climate Action Plan initiatives.
We worked on the stormwater project as a team throughout the semester, including
brainstorming ideas in the classroom, collecting data, and emailing back and forth or speaking
with professionals about the importance of creating a management plan for stormwater. We have
no actual count of minutes spent working on the project but we have taken the time to do a
thorough evaluation and are confident in our research. We believe that if we had a crew, backing
from UW-Stout, and some money we could implement four functional aesthetically pleasing rain
gardens.
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Landscaping for Local Officials. Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission,1-102.
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Appendix A
Economic Benefits of River-friendly Landscaping
1. Reduced water consumption
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, approximately 8 billion gallons of water is consumed
daily for outdoor uses, and the majority is used for landscape irrigation. In fact, it is estimated
that the typical suburban lawn consumes 10,000 gallons of water above and beyond rainwater
each year (Vickers, 2001). A 2005 report from the California Urban Water Conservation Council
indicates that up to a 75% reduction in water used for landscape irrigation was possible through
better landscaping techniques such as river friendly landscaping.
Two studies of water usage in California compared the daily water consumption of a group of
single-family detached homes with "water-conserving" landscapes to consumption by homes that
had "traditional" turf-oriented landscapes. The water-conserving landscapes contained turf area
less than or equal to 15% of total yard area, while the turf area in the traditional yards was equal
to or greater than 70% of total yard area. As Table 1 illustrates, the two water district studies
found water-conserving landscapes saved an average of 42% and 43% over comparable
traditional landscapes (Iwata, 1994). The North Marin Water district study also found an annual
savings of $75 per dwelling unit in water-conserving landscapes when water, labor, fertilizer,
fuel and herbicide were considered. Compared to traditional yards, the water-conserving
landscape saved 25% in labor costs, 61% for fertilizer, 44% for fuel, and 22% for herbicides,
with a total of 10% less total landscaped area.
Table 1. Water Conserving vs.
Traditional Landscapes (gallons/day)
Source: Iwata, 1994
Lot Size
(sq. ft.)
Less than
6,000
6,000 –
10,000
10,000 –
20,000
Above
20,000
Water Conserving Landscape
170
298
419
656
Traditional Landscape
278
510
735
1,531
Water Savings
39%
42%
43%
57%
2. Lower maintenance costs for landscaping
Once they are established, studies indicate that natural areas require significantly less money to
manage compared to lawn. Estimates from the Chicago area indicate that if an acre of lawn is
converted to natural area, it could save as much as $90,000 over 20 years (Pizzo and Associates,
2003). See Table 2 for additional information.
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Table 2: Existing Turf Grass vs. New Natural Area from Seed Per Acre Cost Comparison
Source: Pizzo and Associates, 2003
Existing Turf Grass
Year 20
Mowing
$5,958.52
Fertilizer
$893.78
Overseeding & Aeration
Annual per acre expense
$8,102.29
Cumulative per acre expense
$112,572.40
Year 1
Year 5
Year 10
$3,500
$3,824.54
$4,433.70
$525
$573.68
$665.05
$1,075
$1,250
$4,025
$4,398.22
$6,173.75
$4,025
$22,691.10
$48,767.40
New Prairie, Savanna or Wetland from Seed
Year 1
Year 20
Installation
$3,500
Herbicide
$330
Weed Control
$2,000
Burn Management
$633.39
$851.22
Annual per acre expense
$633.39
$851.22
Cumulative per acre expense
$16,175.05
$23,653.93
Year 5
Year 10
$546.36
$5,830
$5,830
Per Acre Savings
$32,592.35
$88,918.46 Percentage Savings
41.9%
66.8%
$546.36
$13,187.31
-$1,805
$9,503.79
-44.8%
79%
Assumptions: Project area is greater than one acre. Rate of inflation is 3 percent. Labor rate is
non-prevailing wage.
Lawn is maintained by a professional landscape maintenance company.
Estimates from the US EPA indicate that Americans spend about $25 billion/year on lawn care.
The average 1 acre lawn costs $400-700/year to maintain and requires Americans dedicate 40
hours/year to mowing. Americans also spend over $1 billion and apply about 67 million pounds
of pesticides to suburban lawns each year. The use of river-friendly landscaping will allow
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homeowners to realize significant savings through reduced expenditure for gas, fertilizers, water
for irrigation, and pesticides, as well as freeing up more time for other activities.
The reduction in maintenance also creates environmental benefits. For instance, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has calculated that that a gasoline-powered lawn mower
pollutes as much in one hour as does driving an automobile for 20 miles (NIPC, 2004). Gaspowered mowers also use approximately 580 million gallons of gas/year.
3. Increased Benefits to Homeowners
Studies in America and Britain show that good tree cover increases property value by 6-15%
(Peck et al., 1999).
A USDA Forest Service, Center for Urban Forest Research (Center) study found that residents of
Glendale, California are receiving $2.41 in environmental benefits for every $1 the city invests in
the care and maintenance of its municipal trees.
The Sacramento, CA Tree Foundation states that houses in tree lined neighborhoods sell for a
premium and that each large front yard tree adds 1% to sales price and large specimen trees can
add 10%, or more, to property values.
http://www.sactree.com/treeInfo/benefitsOfTrees/benefitsPropertyValues.html
A 2005 study conducted in southeast Michigan indicates that when people were asked to rank
their choices of four different yard designs (three of which included native plants) in three
different settings, with different monthly maintenance costs, the participants were willing to pay
more for well-designed yards including native plants than for lawns, and that their increased
willingness to pay exceeds any increase in costs associated with the native plantings.
The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Green Values Stormwater Calculator
(http://greenvalues.cnt.org/calculator) has the ability to estimate savings from conventional
versus green development for several scenarios. According to the Calculator, a 0.25ac urban,
single family home that replaces half the lawn by garden with native landscaping decreases the
total 20 year life cycle costs by $2,591. The strategy also reduces peak discharge by 14%.
Case Study
The City of Santa Monica, CA is conducting a Garden\Garden Project comparing the benefits of
a "California-friendly" garden approach using native plants, a dry creek bed and efficient
irrigation, to an adjacent "traditional" garden. Costs, labor hours, plant growth, water
consumption, greenwaste production and other environmental factors are being tracked and
compared for both gardens. Current project assessments indicate that the native garden is using 7
times less water and costs 50% less to maintain than the traditional garden
http://santa-monica.org/epd/news/GardenGarden.htm
http://santa-monica.org/epd/residents/Water/pdf/GG_Project_Description2006.pdf
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Appendix B
Email Correspondences
Appendix B
Email Correspondences
From: James, Krista
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:33 AM
To: Rykal, Sarah
Cc: Daines, Martha; Johnson, Aaron; Yang, Blia; Adank, Adam
Subject: stormwater runoff capstone project
Sarah,
I walked around campus with Aaron Johnson and Adam Adank yesterday during our capstone
class to help them gain a better understanding of stormwater problems on our campus. They
started brainstorming ideas and thought it might be a good idea to focus on the housing
remodeling project- recommendations for reducing erosion during construction and
recommendations for better stormwater best management practices. I also just talked with Blia
and he also wants to take this direction with their project.
I told them I’d get the ball rolling by initiating an email to you.
What do you think? Should they meet with Scott Griesbach first? If so, will you please help
them with that contact?
Thanks Sarah!
From: Rykal, Sarah
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:25 AM
To: James, Krista
Cc: Daines, Martha; Johnson, Aaron; Yang, Blia; Adank, Adam
Subject: RE: stormwater runoff capstone project
Hi Krista,
I will email Scott and ask him his thoughts. In the meantime, Mike Smith has agreed to meet
with the students (and me, if they’d like me to be there) to discuss their project. Regardless of
Housing’s exteriors, Mike would likely still be involved in stormwater initiatives. Perhaps
meeting with Mike and Scott would be best. I’ll check with Scott and see what he thinks.
Thanks,
Sarah
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Here are the notes from today’s meeting
Blia Yang
Meeting Notes 3-1-2012:
 Creditability is very important when presenting
o Safety issue
 *”No evidence suggesting that porous path works well”- Mike Smith
 “Turf grass filter out sediments best??”- Mike Smith
 “Rain Garden does not take up per inch water fast”-Mike Smith
 Area between Millennium Hall West side had work done previously. Water rate and
erosion slowing down.
 SAFETY
o “Getting water off side walk main concern”-Mike Smith
o “less hill the better”-Mike Smith
 Compost filter socks used for erosion control than straw bales
 “Vegetated swales not option because parking is about number of spaces needed”-Mike
Smith
 Lot across Street of Red Cedar Hall has swale (non-vegetative)
 What can we do for Mike?
o Gross data of discharge water per square inch area.
The Sq. Footages are
Buildings 927,343 sq. ft.
Parking Lots 1,118,908 sq. ft.
Drives 79,191 sq. ft.
Walks 635,684 sq. ft.
Campus Square Footage Total 5,317,296
Contacts:
Dwayne Stenlund Mn DOT Uses compost filter socks for erosion control, and many other uses
of compost for stormwater control.
Elizabeth Guertal Auburn University guertea@auburn.edu Spoke on phosorphus and its
movement
Thanks Sarah
Krista C. James
Environmental Science
Applied Science Program
Biology Department
327 Jarvis Hall Science Wing
University of Wisconsin-Stout
jamesk@uwstout.edu
https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/facultystaff/jamesk/wwwroot/index.htm
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715-232-1557
Everyone,
I thought you might be interested in reading through UW-Stout’s 2011 Climate Action Plan.
You might find some information that you could incorporate in your final report. For instance,
what you’re proposing might help Stout complete some of the goals in the plan.
The document also provides some VERY interesting background information about Stout’s
“sustainability” history.
Have a relaxing Spring Break!
Krista C. James
From: Peterson, Lynn H. [mailto:PETERSLH@uwec.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 4:18 PM
To: James, Krista
Subject: RE: capstone course students
They wouldn’t be able to go onsite but they can view the plans and see it from another building.
Blia, Aaron and Adam,
Juliana Lucchesi might also be interested in visiting UWEC with you.
Cc: Juliana
Krista C. James
From: James, Krista [mailto:JamesK@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 3:26 PM
To: Peterson, Lynn H
Cc: Yang, Blia; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam
Subject: capstone course students
Lynn,
I’m ccing 3 capstone course students on this email.
They are working with the SSA Sustainability Senator to conduct a feasibility study on
improving Stout’s stormwater best management practices: stormwater infiltration and reduced
soil erosion.
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They are very interested in visiting with you. I told them you are doing outstanding things at
UWEC.
Is that possible?
In particular, it would be good for them to see some of the practices you use to reduce soil
erosion during construction projects. With all the building remodeling going on here, there
aren’t any standard procedures in place for reducing sediment pollution. Also, there’s a new
remodeling project being planned for the freshmen dorms. What are some good BMPs that
could be recommended to increase stormwater infiltration? Anything at UWEC that they could
see?
Also, with all the parking lots everywhere, what are some good practices they can see at UWEC
that help reduce parking lot runoff to storm drains?
Sincerely,
Krista
Krista C. James
From: Peterson, Lynn H. [mailto:PETERSLH@uwec.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 3:53 PM
To: James, Krista
Cc: Yang, Blia; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam
Subject: RE: capstone course students
Krista,
Sure, I’d love to meet with them.
All construction (via DSF) is restricted by code to provide for protection of our water. There
must be silt fencing installed, turbidity barriers where needed, cover crops must be planted etc.
All of that is dictated by code and the A&E for each project specifies exactly what is called for to
reduce erosion and sediment pollution. We go to great lengths to provide protections but even
they can and do fail at times. BMP can be found in these state codes. Not sure where they are
posted on line but I am sure they are there.
I can show some plans for our current construction and future construction. I can show a very
successful raingarden off of a large parking lot, a plan of a future rather unique rain garden, and
in July the new Davies Center will be open and they can see the roof gardens too.
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We also are working to reduce erosion from areas adjacent to our Little Niagara stream that
flows through campus, with buffer strips of native plants. We are hoping to improve the stream
bed and banks too as part of all the construction going on this summer. Fencing will be going up
after spring break making it more difficult to access a large part of our campus central mall but
it will still be visible.
I don’t have a lot of time (no one does anywhere lately) but I certainly can give them a brief tour.
If our project manager is available, he can add more specifics to their visit but I wouldn’t count
on that.
Talk with you soon,
Lynn
Lynn Peterson
From: Johnson, Aaron [mailto:johnsonaa@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 4:22 PM
To: James, Krista
Subject: RE: capstone course students
Thank you for getting us in contact with Lynn. I have emailed her and asked what the best date
and time would be for us to come see the campus.
Aaron Johnson
3/1/12
She is amazing!
She used to be the grounds person here at Stout. Very progressive. However, the administration
at Stout is NOT progressive.
She’s working at UWEC now and loves it because people are actually listening to her and
agreeing with her ideas.
Because of Lynn, we now have the outdoor classroom at Stout.
Krista C. James
3/5/12
Good morning Lynn,
Thank you for the design map. We're still interested in seeing UW-EC sustainable campus and
stormwater management. Unfortunately most of us are only available Thursday after 12pm. Let
us know if we can work out a time Thursday. Thank you.
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Blia Yang
From: Peterson, Lynn H. [mailto:PETERSLH@uwec.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 8:55 AM
To: James, Krista
Cc: Hessel, Christopher William
Subject: UW-EC Design Maps
Krista,
Please forward these to your capstone students. Aaron emailed me too and I am trying to set
something up for next Friday. If Joshua, Adam, Aaron, Blia and Juliana have these plans ahead
of time I think it will make more sense. I am hoping to be able to give them a small tour of the
new Davies roof area and possibly meet with a student who has been on the planning committee
for Davies and who is also interested in water protection.
Chris Hessel is our project manager and he will give the tour. He also will be the person to ask
about erosion and stream protection measures for construction areas. As I said before this is
mandated by state code and I am sure he will tell them a little more about that.
I'll let you all know when the best time will be but I am shooting for Friday March 9th.
Lynn
From: Yang, Blia [mailto:yangbl@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:43 PM
To: James, Krista
Cc: Lucchesi, Juliana; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam; Costa, Joshua
Subject: RE: UW-EC Design Maps
Hi all,
I called and spoke to her. We'll be meeting her at 12:30pm on Thursday instead and should be
back in time for class. In the meantime she'll try to setup some contacts while we are there.
Thanks.
From: Peterson, Lynn H. [mailto:PETERSLH@uwec.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 8:55 AM
To: James, Krista
Cc: Hessel, Christopher William
Subject: UW-EC Design Maps
Krista,
Please forward these to your capstone students. Aaron emailed me too and I am trying to set
something up for next Friday. If Joshua, Adam, Aaron, Blia and Juliana have these plans ahead
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of time I think it will make more sense. I am hoping to be able to give them a small tour of the
new Davies roof area and possibly meet with a student who has been on the planning committee
for Davies and who is also interested in water protection.
Chris Hessel is our project manager and he will give the tour. He also will be the person to ask
about erosion and stream protection measures for construction areas. As I said before this is
mandated by state code and I am sure he will tell them a little more about that.
I'll let you all know when the best time will be but I am shooting for Friday March 9th.
Lynn
From: James, Krista [mailto:JamesK@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:38 AM
To: Johnson, Aaron; Yang, Blia; Adank, Adam; Costa, Joshua; Lucchesi, Juliana
Cc: Peterson, Lynn H.
Subject: FW: UW-EC Design Maps
Aaron, Blia, Adam, Josh, and Juliana,
Please see Lynn's forwarded email below.
Very important information.
Thanks Lynn for all your help!
Krista C. James
From: Yang, Blia [mailto:yangbl@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 8:24 AM
To: Peterson, Lynn H.
Cc: James, Krista (JamesK@uwstout.edu); Adank, Adam; Johnson, Aaron; Lucchesi, Juliana;
Costa, Joshua
Subject: RE: UW-EC Design Maps
Good morning Lynn,
Thank you for the design map. We're still interested in seeing UW-EC sustainable campus and
stormwater management. Unfortunately most of us are only available Thursday after 12pm. Let
us know if we can work out a time Thursday. Thank you.
Blia Yang
Blia
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:16 PM
To: Peterson, Lynn H.
Cc: Yang, Blia; Lucchesi, Juliana; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam; Costa, Joshua
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Subject: RE: UW-EC Design Maps
Lynn,
The Capstone students would like to call you to set-up a meeting time at UWEC.
Which phone number should they use?
Krista C. James
From: Yang, Blia [mailto:yangbl@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:43 PM
To: James, Krista
Cc: Lucchesi, Juliana; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam; Costa, Joshua
Subject: RE: UW-EC Design Maps
Hi all,
I called and spoke to her. We'll be meeting her at 12:30pm on Thursday instead and should be
back in time for class. In the meantime she'll try to setup some contacts while we are there.
Thanks.
Blia
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 3:16 PM
To: Peterson, Lynn H.
Cc: Yang, Blia; Lucchesi, Juliana; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam; Costa, Joshua
Subject: RE: UW-EC Design Maps
Lynn,
The Capstone students would like to call you to set-up a meeting time at UWEC.
Which phone number should they use?
Krista C. James
Blia, Aaron and Juliana,
Glad you visited UW-Eau Claire today. I will forward a couple of relevant emails about the rain
garden on Water Street.
The following is contact information:
Phil Rynish, Student Body President rynishpp@uwec.edu
Brittany Whited, Director, Student Office of Sustainability whitedby@uwec.edu
Very nice to meet you all,
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Lynn Peterson
Blia, Aaron and Juliana,
Glad you visited UW-Eau Claire today. I will forward a couple of relevant emails about the rain
garden on Water Street.
The following is contact information:
Phil Rynish, Student Body President rynishpp@uwec.edu
Brittany Whited, Director, Student Office of Sustainability whitedby@uwec.edu
Very nice to meet you all,
Lynn Peterson
From: James, Krista [mailto:JamesK@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 2:42 PM
To: Peterson, Lynn H.
Subject: RE: UW-EC Design Maps
Thanks so much Lynn. They needed to talk with someone who is pro-active in protecting the
environment.
I think they were feeling discouraged.
Krista C. James
From: Peterson, Lynn H. [mailto:PETERSLH@uwec.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 2:24 PM
To: Yang, Blia
Cc: James, Krista; Adank, Adam; Johnson, Aaron; Lucchesi, Juliana; Costa, Joshua
Subject: RE: UW-EC Design Maps
From: James, Krista [mailto:JamesK@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 3:40 PM
To: Daines, Martha; Lucchesi, Juliana; Yang, Blia; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam
Subject: FW: UW-EC Design Maps
It's always good to meet with motivated students. They have an uphill battle but collectively they
have a lot of power to make change. I wish them the best! Don't forget your chancellor signed
the ACUPCC and have registered a Climate Action Plan. On that plan (page 25) it states (among
others) that Stout will create a community garden by 2015, will install more permeable surfaces
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and will return on-campus plantings to native species. Seems this plan might need to be represented to remind your Chancellor of this document he is a part of.
Good Luck!
Lynn
From: Peterson, Lynn H. [PETERSLH@uwec.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 2:53 PM
To: Lucchesi, Juliana
Subject: FW: area of Water Street parking lot for water run off
This is the data I have on the Water Street rain garden…………………………..
Lynn
From: Peterson, Lynn H.
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:12 AM
To: Classen, Terry L.
Subject: FW: area of Water Street parking lot for water run off
Terry,
Here is the math for the rain garden:
·
The garden is 3,000 square feet.
·
The entire area that can drain to the garden site (including the garden area):
sq feet also
11,908,800 square inches
82,700
·
So if we received 1 inch of rain that volume would equal 51,552.25 gallons of water
that could drain to, and be treated by the garden.
·
If we get our annual rainfall amount (precipitation) of 32 inches, then potentially the
rain garden could annually treat 1,649,672 gallons of stormwater.
The following is a brief description on plant selection and their functions that I have paraphrased
from a publication put out by the MN Pollution Control Agency.
The plant species included are native to the Upper Midwest before European settlement and are
chosen for their hardiness, aesthetic properties and functional abilities within stormwater
management practices such as microbial activity, filtration, infiltration, denitrification, nutrient
reduction and evapotranspiration to attain water-quality goals.
“The beneficial functions plants perform in the landscape are varied and complex, and range
from providing habitat for beneficial microbes to physically inhibiting the flow of stormwater.
The ability of plants to intercept and hold rainwater and to decrease water flow with stalks,
stems, branches and foliage is one of the better recognized functions of vegetation, but there are
many others. In many stormwater systems, native vegetation provides habitat for amphibians,
reptiles, birds and insects. Native plants also take nutrients in to their tissues and their roots
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provide a substrate for growth of bacteria and algae, which are responsible for nutrient cycling
and organic degradation. In addition, decaying plant matter supplies fixed organic carbon and
food for microbes. Native plants also contribute to the water cycle by returning water to the
atmosphere through evapotranspiration. In stormwater MPs such as vegetated filter strips, the
roots of native species increase soil strength and stability. Another function of native plants,
particularly in urban areas, is to add aesthetic value to stormwater systems.”
Let me know if you need any other information for the rain garden.
Lynn Peterson
From: Hoover, Randy Dan
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 5:36 PM
To: Peterson, Lynn H.
Subject: area of Water Street parking lot for water run off
Lynn,
The area is approximately 82,700 sq. feet by the area that you pointed out to me to measure.
Randy
From: James, Krista [mailto:JamesK@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 3:40 PM
To: Daines, Martha; Lucchesi, Juliana; Yang, Blia; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam
Subject: FW: UW-EC Design Maps
It's always good to meet with motivated students. They have an uphill battle but collectively they
have a lot of power to make change. I wish them the best! Don't forget your chancellor signed
the ACUPCC and have registered a Climate Action Plan. On that plan (page 25) it states (among
others) that Stout will create a community garden by 2015, will install more permeable surfaces
and will return on-campus plantings to native species. Seems this plan might need to be represented to remind your Chancellor of this document he is a part of.
Good Luck!
Lynn
From: Yang, Blia [mailto:yangbl@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:18 AM
To: Rykal, Sarah
Cc: James, Krista; Adank, Adam; Johnson, Aaron
Subject: FW: area of Water Street parking lot for water run off
Hi Sarah,
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If you haven’t got this email from Lynn regarding their rain garden, here it is. They also suggest
for us to look into our Climate Action Plan which I’m sure you are aware off. Thanks
Blia Yang
From: Yang, Blia [mailto:yangbl@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:27 AM
To: Peterson, Lynn H.
Subject: Prairie Plants
Hi Lynn,
I was wondering if you sent that email with the stats regarding how much prairie plants can
absorb water. Thanks
Blia Yang
From: Peterson, Lynn H. [mailto:PETERSLH@uwec.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:04 AM
To: Yang, Blia
Subject: RE: Prairie Plants
Blia,
I have attached 2 documents on maintenance cost comparisons and here is a link to a study that
should provide you with water-holding capacity at
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5077/pdf/sir20105077.pdf
Hope this helps.
Lynn
From: James, Krista [mailto:JamesK@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:08 PM
To: Yang, Blia
Subject: RE: Prairie Plants
Blia,
I can see why the articles were confusing. They only talked about cost. I think cost is
important. You should include some of that information.
I found a good website for using native plants
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/water/water-types-and-programs/stormwater/stormwatermanagement/plants-for-stormwater-design.html?menuid=&redirect=1
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Attached is one of the pdfs from the website.
Let me know what you think.
Krista C. James
Thanks Blia!
Thanks Aaron. I really believe SSA is the audience for your presentation. Juliana would like to
work with you to make it less technical so your audience will understand.
Your written report can be technical however.
Krista C. James
Environmental Science
Applied Science Program
Biology Department
327 Jarvis Hall Science Wing
University of Wisconsin-Stout
jamesk@uwstout.edu
https://bluedrive.uwstout.edu/users/facultystaff/jamesk/wwwroot/index.htm
715-232-1557
From: Johnson, Aaron [mailto:johnsonaa@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:55 AM
To: James, Krista
Subject: RE: Stormwater presentation to SSA
We will contact Juliana this week to schedule a time to present to them.
Aaron
From: James, Krista [mailto:JamesK@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 8:40 AM
To: Yang, Blia; Johnson, Aaron; Adank, Adam
Cc: Lucchesi, Juliana; Daines, Martha
Subject: Stormwater presentation to SSA
Blia, Aaron and Adam,
When you 3 present to SSA, please let Martha and I know. We need to be there to assess your
presentation.
You won’t need to present to the class on May 8th if you present to SSA, but Martha and I must
be there.
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Cc: Juliana, Martha
Krista C. James
From: Barone, Elizabeth
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:31 AM
To: Carlson, Kitrina; Daines, Martha; Grant, Jennifer; Hashmi, Maleka; James, Krista; Kirk,
John; Kneeland, Arthur; Little, Amanda; Meisner, Robert; Miller-Rodeberg, Marcia; Nold,
Stephen; Patterson, Marlann; Prissel, Mark; Stary, Wendy; Vande Linde, Ana Magdalena;
Zheng, Wei
Subject: STEM Student Projects Expo
Thank you for registering your class projects for the STEM Expo on May 8. We are very excited
about this event! We have had an amazing response and are anticipating roughly 274 students
and 97 projects. We appreciate your assistance in preparing for the Expo.
Please reply to this email confirming the number of class projects and the number of
students you have participating in the Expo.
Below is a link to a Qualtrics form for your students to register their individual projects. It will
capture information that we will use to create name badges for the students as well as a program.
We highly recommend that you take time during class next week to have one lead person for
each project complete the form. We only need one form per project. All of the student
registrations need to be submitted by Friday, April 20.
https://uwstout.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_b45M3REJiCgvx4M
The deadline for submitting posters to be printed through LTS is April 20.
You may also choose to self-produce the posters using department printers or some other means
if they cannot be submitted by April 20.
Elizabeth Barone
Sustainability Senior Capstone Students:
See forwarded email below. Great resume-building opportunity. Anyone interested?
--------------Colleagues,
Thank you for committing your students to participating in the STEM Student Project Expo next
month. I am astounded by the level of participation we will have for this event! I can’t wait to
see and hear about your students’ projects.
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Early this week, Dean Anderson informed me of an excellent opportunity to expand upon this
experience. He and the Provost have offered to provide support for students who wish to present
their class projects at the Polytechnic Summit at Southern Polytechnic University in early June
(http://polytechnicsummit.org/index.html). Please encourage your students to strongly consider
presenting at the Summit. These types of applied projects and student dissemination are at the
heart and soul of a polytechnic education and stand as an excellent example for our peer
institutions.
If you or your students are interested in this offer, please feel free to contact myself or Dean
Anderson. There is a deadline for abstracts on April 23rd, so you will need to decide quickly on
taking advantage of this offer.
Thanks again!
John S Kirk
Good morning,
The Campus Exteriors Development Committee will meet on Monday, April 30th at 12:00 p.m.
in The Memorial Student Center, Badger Room. Your agenda item has been added:
Stormwater Management Project (12:05 – 12:20 p.m.)

Questions (12:20 – 12:30 p.m.)
I will include you on the final agenda when it is approved.
Please let me know if you have any questions,
Jenn
Jennifer Nichols
UW-Stout
Vice Chancellor's Office
225 Administration Building
phone: 715-232-1683
fax: 715-232-1527
From: Rykal, Sarah [mailto:rykals@uwstout.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:53 PM
To: Yang, Blia; Adank, Adam; Johnson, Aaron
Cc: James, Krista; Daines, Martha
Subject: RE: area of Water Street parking lot for water run off
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Hi Blia, Adam, and Aaron,
The Interim Vice Chancellor, Phil Lyons, would like to attend your presentation on May 8th, if
it’s ok with you. I had a meeting with him today and he’s interested in implementing some
stormwater management projects on campus. He asked if he could attend. If it’s ok with you,
Martha, and Krista, please let me know what time you’ll be presenting and I’ll get it on his
calendar. Also, he said he might like to walk around campus with you to look at some of the
problem areas. I explained that you also have photos of the areas, so he’s excited to see those, as
well as any reports and data you have.
Hope all is well!
Sarah
Sarah Rykal
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for getting back to me. So you won’t be presenting to your class on May 8th? If that’s
the case, maybe I’ll have him come to the Campus Exteriors presentation. Please let me know
when you get a chance.
Thanks,
Sarah
From: Johnson, Aaron [mailto:johnsonaa@my.uwstout.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 5:11 PM
To: Rykal, Sarah
Subject: RE: area of Water Street parking lot for water run off
Hi Sarah,
That sound great! April 30th we will be presenting to the Campus Exteriors Development
Committee (CEDC) in the Memorial student Center, Badger Room. May 8th is the STEM
Research Day and we will be presenting our poster that day. The April 30th will be a PowerPoint
with question and answer and the May 8th Poster presentation will be a poster we will be
standing around for several hours. We look forward showing our findings for whichever he
decides to come to. We will also be available to show the Vice Chancellor around the campus at
his convenience.
Thanks,
Aaron Johnson
University of Wisconsin – Stout
Applied Science – Environmental Science
Minors: GIS & Plant Science
johnsonaa@my.uwstout.edu
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(651) 764-1896
“Professors work here… Students fund the school; if the masses want something we should at
least try to manage the stromwater run-off”- Author Kneeland, UW-Stout STEM Expo 5/8/12
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