NANCY B. TURYK
Research Specialist, Phone: 715-346-4155
Environmental Task Force Lab FAX: 715-346-3624
College of Natural Resources E-mail: nturyk@uwsp.edu
Education
Bachelor of Science degree, December 1990, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Currently pursuing Master of Science degree, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Experience
Senior Research Specialist, UW-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1994
to Present
Project Assistant UW-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1991 to 1994
Laboratory Assistant UW-Stevens Point, Environmental Task Force Lab, 1987 to 1990
Responsibilities
Author and co-author of grants for ETF lab. Write, edit, and layout technical papers for
publication. Provide support for undergraduate and graduate students with research
projects in the use of field apparatus and field sampling techniques, the coordination of
projects, data interpretation, computer software and the use of computers, and preparing
for research presentations. Conduct groundwater research which includes installing and
surveying groundwater monitoring wells, sampling groundwater monitoring wells, compiling
and interpreting data, literature reviews, and generation of graphics, maps, and reports.
Assist the Director of the Environmental Task Force Lab. Instruct water resources courses.
Courses Taught
Water Section of Field Techniques in Forestry, Soils, Water and Wildlife (NR
385), 1997 and 2000.
Aquatic Ecosystem Evaluation (Water 380), 1996 and 98.
Soil Conservation and Watershed Inventory Techniques (Soil 359), 1998 and 99.
Introduction to Water Resources (Water 180) lab sections, 1994 to 96.
Critters in the River, College Days for Kids 1998 to 2000
Stream Ecology for Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program 1997 to 2000.
Publications
Turyk, N., R. Cook, B. Shaw. 2000. Water Quality Relationships in the
Tributaries of Two Wisconsin Watersheds. Proceedings of The Watershed Approach
to Improving Water Quality: Fact or Fantasy? West North Central Reg.
Soil and Water Conservation Society, March 2000.
Turyk, N. and B. Shaw. 1996. Evaluation of the Use of a Concrete Barnyard in the
Protection of Groundwater. Proceedings of the Forty-first Annual Midwest Groundwater
Conference.
Shaw, B. and N. Turyk. 1994. Nitrate-N Loading to Groundwater from Pressure Mound, In
Ground, and At Grade Septic Systems. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on
Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems, ASAE Society for
Engineering in Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems, Vol. 7 pp. 504-514.
Turyk, N. and B. Shaw. 1994. Survey of Homeowners at Legend Lake Wisconsin. Report to
USEPA.
Shaw, B. and N. Turyk. 1992. A Comparative Study of Nitrate-N Loading to Groundwater from
Mound, In Ground Pressure and At Grade Septic Systems. Final
Report to DNR.
Shaw, B. and N. Turyk. 1992. Effects of Barnyard Management Practices on Groundwater
Quality. Final Report to DNR.