| UWP Civil and Environmental Engineering | ||
| Maps Location of Rountree Sampling Sites Watershed Interested Parties |
 UWP Students working in river The University of Wisconsin-Platteville (UWP) Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has been interested in the Rountree Branch for several years. The Rountree Branch flows through the UWP campus and has been used as a teaching tool in several Civil and Environmental Engineering classes. The Rountree Branch is a great resource to have on campus because it gives the Civil and Environmental Engineering students hands on experience with surface water quality parameters and issues. In 1999, a River Planning Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) made it possible for UWP to do research on the Rountree Branch. Research was performed during the summers of 2000 and 2001. In the summer of 2000, two students, Chana Pouwels, and Jeremy Roschyk, were hired to perform water sampling and another two students, Eric Masiarchin and Ryan Martin, were hired to perform a physical and biological habitat evaluation. In the summer of 2001, two students, Samantha Belka and Kristy Ketcher, were hired to perform water sampling and soil loss calculations. The findings from these two summers are summarized in the Rountree Branch Watershed Report.
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Another grant from the DNR in 2001 helped fund a gauging station on
the stream on the UWP campus.