ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF WILMINGTON AND
NEW HANOVER COUNTY WATERSHEDS
2001-2002

  by
Michael A. Mallin, Lawrence B. Cahoon, Martin H. Posey, Douglas C. Parsons,
Virginia L. Johnson, Troy D. Alphin and James F. Merritt

  CMS Report 03-01
Center for Marine Science
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, N.C. 28409
February, 2003

 

  Executive Summary   Smith Creek
  Introduction   Upper and Lower Cape Fear
  Methods   Whiskey Creek
  Barnards Creek   Fecal Contamination of Tidal Creek Sediments
  Bradley Creek   Benthic Fauna of New Hanover County Tidal Creeks 
  Burnt Mill Creek   References Cited 
  Futch Creek   Acknowledgments
  Greenfield Lake    Appendix A: Selected N.C. water quality standards
  Hewletts Creek   Appendix B: UNCW Watershed Station Ratings Based on DWQ  
  Chemical Standards 
  Howe Creek   Appendix C: GPS coordinates for the New Hanover County Tidal   
  Creek and Wilmington Watersheds Program sampling stations
  Motts Creek   Appendix D: UNCW reports and papers related to tidal   creeks
  Pages Creek   Cover of Report

Funded by:
The City of Wilmington, New Hanover County, the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund,
and the North Carolina Wetlands Restoration Program 

Dedicated to:
Paul Foster, a friend of the environment