BLM-UT-VFO Pariette Wetlands Salinity/Selenium Study

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The purpose of this project is to replicate a study conducted in the 80's and 90's in the Big Wash, Castle Peak, and Pariette drainages and more specifically Pariette Wetlands to evaluate whether water quality contaminate levels have increased, decreased or remain the same. Furthermore the study should help provide a baseline to help determine how certain elements such as Se are partitioned between plants, water, sediments, and representative aquatic animal or waterfowl tissues. This study will provide a unique study opportunity for educational institutions to develop a regionally important study program benefiting federal, state, and private entities as well as provide hands on learning, training, and educational development opportunities for students in physical sciences and water resources in the Uintah Basin. This project will further the science and knowledge base of how Se is portioned in a wetland ecosystem, which is not well understood at this time.

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