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Streams of the Milwaukee Area

Detailed Description

Changes in water quality in urban areas may present themselves in conspicuous ways – such as murky or stinky stream water. They may also present themselves in less conspicuous ways – such as fewer native or pollution sensitive organisms.  This drawing is a conglomeration of streams studied in the Milwaukee, WI area. It includes a number of local references, both urban and rural. It also portrays the importance of recreation, primarily in the form of angling, to these streams.  It includes sensitive native species that were included in the study, as well as algal diatoms.

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