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Furman Lake and Bell Tower
Photograph of the Furman Lake with the Bell Tower in the background on left.
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Bank regeneration
Photograph showing a zone of semi-aquatic plants that will help restore the eroded bank. Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Bank regeneration
Photograph showing a zone of semi-aquatic plants that helped restore the eroded bank with the use of biologs. Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Bank regeneration
Photograph showing a zone of semi-aquatic plants that will help restore the eroded bank. Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Biologs
Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Biologs at the shoreline
Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs, seen in the water near the bank. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Biologs by the shoreline
Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Biologs in water
Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Complete reconstruction of bank
EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design redesigned the landscape directly down from the Shi Center, where the shoreline had eroded badly, requiring a complete reconstruction of the bank. A series of tiers was used to create a stable bank, and boulders were used to anchor the bank and add a visual feature. The front was planted in rushes, and a series of biologs were placed to help maintain the new bank.
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Complete reconstruction of bank
EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design redesigned the landscape directly down from the Shi Center, where the shoreline had eroded badly, requiring a complete reconstruction of the bank. A series of tiers was used to create a stable bank, and boulders were used to anchor the bank and add a visual feature. The front was planted in rushes, and a series of biologs were placed to help maintain the new bank.
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Complete reconstruction of bank
EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design redesigned the landscape directly down from the Shi Center, where the shoreline had eroded badly, requiring a complete reconstruction of the bank. A series of tiers was used to create a stable bank, and boulders were used to anchor the bank and add a visual feature. The front was planted in rushes, and a series of biologs were placed to help maintain the new bank.
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Complete reconstruction of bank
EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design redesigned the landscape directly down from the Shi Center, where the shoreline had eroded badly, requiring a complete reconstruction of the bank. A series of tiers was used to create a stable bank, and boulders were used to anchor the bank and add a visual feature. The front was planted in rushes, and a series of biologs were placed to help maintain the new bank.
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Finished rain garden
A rain garden created by EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design. Uphill from the lake, the bank was contoured to funnel runoff from the landscape to a small rain garden to the right of the trail. Water seeps through a pipe beneath the walkway to the rain garden on the lake shore. Rain gardens are deep depressions filled with layers of sand and gravel. Plants tolerant of drought and flooding are used to filter the water contained in the garden. After a storm event, water is held in the garden and percolates more slowly and naturally into the lake.
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Finished rain garden
A rain garden created by EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design. Uphill from the lake, the bank was contoured to funnel runoff from the landscape to a small rain garden to the right of the trail. Water seeps through a pipe beneath the walkway to the rain garden on the lake shore. Rain gardens are deep depressions filled with layers of sand and gravel. Plants tolerant of drought and flooding are used to filter the water contained in the garden. After a storm event, water is held in the garden and percolates more slowly and naturally into the lake.
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Furman Lake rain garden
A rain garden at the Furman Lake created by EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design. Rain gardens are deep depressions filled with layers of sand and gravel. Plants tolerant of drought and flooding are used to filter the water contained in the garden. After a storm event, water is held in the garden and percolates more slowly and naturally into the lake.
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Herbicide on waterways
Herbicide sprayed along the banks causing lack of vegetation. Lack of vegetation causes surface runoff and siltation.
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Lake Clean-up Day
Furman students, Joanna Hawley and Angel Cruz, in the lake on Lake Clean-up Day. Students removed over 1500 pounds of algae.
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Landscaped shoreline
Landscaped shoreline created by EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design. This design controls runoff, absorbs nutrients before they can enter the lake, discourages waterfowl, and increases the beauty and biodiversity of the area.
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Native wildflowers
Runoff and erosion are also addressed by planting native wildflower meadows on the shore. They intercept and absorb more surface runoff than turfgrass, and also add more color, structure, and diversity.
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Native wildflowers
Runoff and erosion are also addressed by planting native wildflower meadows on the shore. They intercept and absorb more surface runoff than turfgrass, and also add more color, structure, and diversity.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Natural revegetation at Furman Lake
In spring 2007, the landscaping and grounds crew stopped mowing within the perimeter of the walking trail on the north and western shores. This resulted in a flush of shoreline vegetation, as seen in the photograph, that acted as an important buffer to surface runoff and as a deterrent to waterfowl.
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Rain garden construction
EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design creating a large rain garden. Uphill from the lake, the bank was contoured to funnel runoff from the landscape to a small rain garden to the right of the trail. Water seeps through a pipe beneath the walkway to the rain garden on the lake shore. Rain gardens are deep depressions filled with layers of sand and gravel. Plants tolerant of drought and flooding are used to filter the water contained in the garden. After a storm event, water is held in the garden and percolates more slowly and naturally into the lake.
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Rain garden construction
EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design creating a large rain garden. Uphill from the lake, the bank was contoured to funnel runoff from the landscape to a small rain garden to the right of the trail. Water seeps through a pipe beneath the walkway to the rain garden on the lake shore. Rain gardens are deep depressions filled with layers of sand and gravel. Plants tolerant of drought and flooding are used to filter the water contained in the garden. After a storm event, water is held in the garden and percolates more slowly and naturally into the lake.
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Reconstructed shoreline
Landscaped shoreline created by EarthDesign Environmental Arts & Landscape Design. This design controls runoff, absorbs nutrients before they can enter the lake, discourages waterfowl, and increases the beauty and biodiversity of the area.
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Restored lake bank
Photograph showing a zone of semi-aquatic plants that helped restore the eroded bank. Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs, as seen here. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.
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Shoreline revegetation
Runoff and erosion are also addressed by planting native wildflower meadows on the shore. They intercept and absorb more surface runoff than turfgrass, and also add more color, structure, and diversity.
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Walkway by the Furman Lake
Water seeps through a pipe beneath this walkway to the rain garden on the lake shore. Rain gardens are deep depressions filled with layers of sand and gravel. Plants tolerant of drought and flooding are used to filter the water contained in the garden. After a storm event, water is held in the garden and percolates more slowly and naturally into the lake.
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Wildflower meadow
Runoff and erosion are also addressed by planting these native wildflower meadows on the shore. They intercept and absorb more surface runoff than turfgrass, and also add more color, structure, and diversity.
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Wildflower meadow
Runoff and erosion are also addressed by planting these native wildflower meadows on the shore. They intercept and absorb more surface runoff than turfgrass, and also add more color, structure, and diversity.
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Collecting water sample
A student collecting a water sample for analysis from the Furman Lake's outlet.
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Collecting water sample
Students collecting a water sample for analysis from the Furman Lake's outlet.
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Collecting water sample
Students collected water samples from this outlet weekly for analysis during the summer of 2007.
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EES Watershed Hydrology class
Stream level monitoring by students in the EES 230 Watershed Hydrology class on the stream that flows through North Village.
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Furman Lake outlet
Students collected water samples from this outlet weekly for analysis during the summer of 2007.
