Udall

Udall Natural Area

Background: “Udall Natural Area is co-owned and co-managed with Fort Collins Utilities for water quality, flood control and wildlife habitat. The water from downtown and nearby neighborhood storm drains flows into a series of ponds before entering the Poudre River. The settling ponds and wetlands filter the water but they aren’t a water treatment plant. Please don’t pour oil, chemicals or even soapy water from washing cars into storm drains- they drain into the river and impact the entire aquatic system from bugs to birds to animals.”

Source: http://www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/finder/udall

Specific tasks:

• Provide a sketch map of the area. Please see here for an example of a well-crafted sketch map (10 pts).

• Provide a brief (1/2 page) summary of the Udall Natural Area, the network of sensors, and goals. For this you can pull information from the reading Initial Operation of the Udall Natural Area Regional Stormwater Quality Best Management Practice, the Internet, and your personal experience at the site (20 pts).