Category Archives: Research – Student

Delaware Run Storm Drain Net Project – News, Photos, Videos

OWU and City of Delaware Storm Drain Net Collaboration (OWU E&S Blog, Feb. 1, 2019)

Students and faculty have been working a project to implement a storm drain net in the Delaware Run on campus. The purpose of the net will be to remove trash and green waste/debris from the Delaware Run behind Merrick on campus.

Net Placed in Delaware Run; City, OWU Seek to Improve Waterway (Delaware Gazette, Sept. 10, 2019)

Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware partner on student’s stream study project (This Week Community News, Sept. 13, 2019)

Delaware Run Storm Drain Net Installed and Catching Crap! (OWU E&S Blog, Sept. 25, 2019)

Update after the net was installed in early September 2019. Includes video.

Environmental Impact: Ohio Wesleyan Student Earns Litter Prevention Award for Storm Drain Net (OWU Press Release, December 6, 2019)

Fall 2019 Debris Gallery: Below is a gallery of sorted debris collected in September and October of 2019. The net is unloaded and allowed to dry (for weighing the organic and non-organic material) then sorted. The organic material is returned to Delaware Run. There have been almost no fish or insects or other lifeforms in the debris collections.

Blog Postings, Student Project, Spring 2014

Blog postings by Date with Topic: Spring 2014 Student Project (postings below)

W 2 17: Proposal Draft
S 2 19: Terminology
M 3 24 / W 3 26: Field Work
M 3 31 / W 4 2: Field Work
M 4 7: Beginning Issues
M 4 7 / W 4 9: Field Work
M 4 12: Field Work and Lab work|
W 4 14: Final Day of Tree Fieldwork
M 4 21 W 4 23: Lab Day and Fieldwork
W 4 23: Final Maps with all trees and soil sites
M 4 28: Final Map Drafts

S 5 4: Additional Information Gathered

Tree Information
Wall Observation
Restoration and Clean up
Historical Site
Soil Samples

M 5 5: Final Project

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Final Project PDF:

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So close, Almost done!!

Page Link:

DelawareRunRestoration-1(1)

Direct Link:

https://sites.owu.edu/delawarerun/wp-content/uploads/sites/73/2014/05/DelawareRunRestoration-11.pdf

 

Soil Samples:

IMG_0930 IMG_0931 IMG_0932 IMG_0933 IMG_0934 IMG_0935 IMG_0936 IMG_0937 IMG_0938

Historical Site (Fill not confirmed):

Historicsite

Restoration and clean up:

cleanup2-1 cleanup

Damaged Wall Observational:

damagedwall1-2 damagedwall6 damagedwall5-1 damagedwall4 damagedwall3-1 damagedwall2-1

Additional Tree Information:

Arboretum with GPS coords(1)

Monday April 28: New Maps

Today our group put together several maps in GIS to highlight the work we have done this semester on the Delaware Run Project. These Images show all the trees we were able to map, soil types, and projected Delaware Run pathway.

D-RUNI DRUNPROTREEMAP Projected_Path2014 SOIL TREEMAPPING

 

Maps

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To tree or not to tree? That is the question.

 

MAP C REDUCED

MAP C

 

MAP B

MAP B

MAP A

MAP A

SOIL MAP

SOIL MAP