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Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited
Kettle Creek, Pine Creek, Sinnemahoning and the Loyalsock and even big limestone streams like Spring Creek and Penns Creek. They are our only native, stream-dwelling salmonid, ... s cold-water streams and by the early part of this century had almost completely displaced brook trout from our limestone streams. These waters were much like the fertile chalk streams of the British ...
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Pennsylvania Trout Unlimited
Others adapted to limestone streams which, although not usually large, were incredibly fertile. Here too, brook trout grew large. But most brookies lived in little freestone streams and brooks where food ... They seldom exceeded 10 inches in length. Brook trout of the limestone streams were even larger than those of the freestone streams. In these richer waters it is said they averaged about ...
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What is Acid Rain and What Causes It?
However, there are some things that people do to bring back lakes and streams more quickly. Limestone or lime (a naturally-occurring basic compound) can be added to acidic lakes to ...
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COPA, Inc.
PCB contaminated material. As both sites are connected to limestone karst and its associated sinkholes, underground streams and springs, there are ongoing concerns about water quality. The State has ...
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COPA - PCBs and Superfund in Bloomington, Indiana
PCBs still move through the complicated system of sinkholes, cracks and underground streams in the area's limestone bedrock. A $5.8 million, 1,000-gallon-per-minute water treatment plant ...
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The Green Lane: Acid rain and water
In areas where there is plenty of limestone rock, lakes are better able to neutralize acid. In areas ... There are many ways the acidification of lakes, rivers and streams harm fish. Mass fish mortalities occur (during the spring snow ... pH level encourages healthy aquatic systems in lakes, rivers and streams. | acid rain and... | what's being done | what's new | kids' corner | ...
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Freshwater Website: Groundwater (What is groundwater?)
Rather, it exists almost everywhere underground. It is found underground in the spaces ... through water-bearing formations (aquifers) at different rates. In some places, where groundwater has dissolved limestone to form caverns and large openings, its rate of flow can be relatively fast but ...
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Education Info
Some of it flows along the surface in streams or lakes, some of it is used by plants, some evaporates and returns to the ... is a common misconception that groundwater is found in underground rivers like those that form limestone caverns. In fact, groundwater is more like the water in a sponge, held within the ...
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Terms Beginning With "K"
Environment Terms Beginning With "K" Glossary: K Karst: A geologic formation of irregular limestone deposits with sinks, underground streams, and caverns. Kinetic Energy: Energy possessed by a moving object or water body ...
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WDNR - Find a State Park or Forest
WI 54101. (920) 826-7304, ask for Monette. State map Copper Falls State Park Canyons, streams and waterfalls to delight photographers, hikers and cross-country skiers; just north of Mellen in ... -5150. State map High Cliff State Park This park of 1,145 acres rests on limestone cliffs overlooking Lake Winnebago. History and geology buffs will want to visit the park to ...
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