Ephemeral Streams

Ephemeral streams mapped in  Upper San Pedro Basin, Southeastern Arizona  

http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1703/j/

Ephemeral streams seem to be well documented, in NZ and in other parts of the world. The Auckland Council website. They are expected to be small streams, either in headwater areas or coastal streams with small catchments. A well-known Auckland ephemeral stream is in McLean Park, near Howick.


I also found on the council website that there are 13 un-nammed throughout the Auckland region. Every stream is monitored, and depending on its type, has certain objectives. Some are classed as being "disturbed," such as Manutewhau Stream.

"wading birds"

After exploring many maps cataloguing the Auckland region's water (http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/awireview/default.asp & http://www.watercare.co.nz/Pages/default.aspx) I came across this map. It shows designated areas for Auckland's "wading birds" - something I never would have thought up! Just beginning to touch on the role water plays in ecology..

thoughts from class 03/08

One thing that struck me today: the way that a powerful, well-known story can totally precede the place name itself.


Think New Orleans and not flooding, the Twin Towers and not terrorism, Chernobyl or Hiroshima without nuclear disaster and (now maybe) Christchurch without earthquake. The event, or story, is what comes to mind first. There is something very powerful about a story, the telling of a place and something that happened there.


How do I tell the story of Auckland's water?


What would a story of water look like?
-where it comes from, what it travels through, how it is treated, where it ends up? how it is used?