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Figure 1
Citizen volunteers and EERC personnel sampling the Red River in
September 2001 for the FM River Project.


Figure 2
Various forms of artificial substrates used for macroinvertebrate
monitoring of the Red River during 2001.


Figure 3
Conceptual FM River data management flowchart.


Figure 4
2000 River Keepers fecal coliform monitoring results and
the prior week's total rainfall for Fargo, North Dakota.


Figure 5
Geometric mean monthly Red River fecal coliform data
and monthly average rainfall for Fargo, North Dakota.


Table 1
Impaired Reaches of the Red River of the North in the Fargo-Moorhead area from 1998 Minnesota and North Dakota Section 303(d) Lists.

Reach Affected Use Pollutant Listing State Target Completion
Wild Rice River (ND) to F-M Dam Swimming Fecal coliform MN 2007
Wild Rice River (ND) to F-M Dam Aquatic life Turbidity MN 2004
F-M 12th Ave. Bridge to Buffalo River Aquatic life Ammonia*, low DO** ND High Priority
F-M Dam A to Sheyenne River Aquatic life Ammonia* MN 1999
F-M Dam A to Sheyenne River Swimming Fecal coliform MN

2004

Buffalo River to Elm River Swimming Fecal coliform MN 2004
Buffalo River to Elm River Aquatic life Turbidity MN

2008

* The wastewater facility in this reach has been ugraded to meet permitted ammonia effluent limits. If subsequent in-stream data are collected that demonstrate the reach is no longer impaired for ammonia, the reach will be deleted from this list.

**Low-oxygen TMDL is dependent upon low flow conditions. The draft schedule may be changed accordingly.


Table 2
Compilation of Fecal Coliform Data for the Red River at Fargo, North Dakota, since 1990.

Data Source Site ID Monitoring Location Period of Record Number of Samples
MPCA RE-452 Main Ave., Moorhead Jan 1990-Sept 1994
44
NDDH 380084 Cass County 22 Jan 1990-Sept 1996
51
NDDH 380154 Not available Jun 1994-Sept 1996
10
NDDH 385040 Not available Mar 2000-Sept 2001
6
River Keepers South 52nd Ave. So., Fargo Jun 1999-Nov 1999
6
River Keepers North Clay County 22 Jun 1999-Nov 1999
6
River Keepers Site A Clay County 8 Jun 2000-Sept 2000
18
River Keepers Site B 1st Ave. N., Moorhead Jun 2000-Sept 2000
18
River Keepers Site C 15th Ave. N., Moorhead Jun 2000-Sept 2000
18
River Keepers Site D Clay County 22 Jun 2000-Sept 2000
18
FM River 1-RR Clay County 8 Aug 2001-Feb 2002
11
FM River 2-RR 1st Ave. N., Moorhead Aug 2001-Feb 2002
10
FM River 3-RR Clay County 26 Aug 2001-Feb 2002
10