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 Expertise/Projects/Research Interests:

• Floods and Droughts
• Water Quality - nonpoint source pollution
• Sedimentology/sediment transport
• Environmental studies on small watershed/large basins
• Water use, SWUDS, AWUDS
• Outreach

 Education:

• B.A., Archeaology (Minor: geology), 1975
  Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio
• Graduate Studies: regional geology and sedimentology, 1985-86,
  University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
• General Studies: mathematics and computer science, 1988 - 2006,
  Bismarck State College, Bismarck, North Dakota

 Selected Publications:

• Ryberg, K.R.; Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Banse, T.A.; Wiche, G.J., 2007, A history of flooding in the Red River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product 55, 1 sheet. -- URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2007/55/.
• Ryberg, K.R.; Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Wiche, G.J.; Klapprodt, L.A., 2007, 10th anniversary of the 1997 Red River flood: U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product 49, 1 sheet. -- URL http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/gip49/.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Arntson, A.D.; Ryberg, K.R.; Dahl, A.L.; Leib, A., 2004, Water-use data for the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 1979-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1308, 255 p. -- URL http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr20041308/.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M., 2002, Studying the effects of land use on sediment loads, Little Missouri National Grasslands, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open- File Report 02-427, 4 p. -- URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr02427/index.html.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Dressler, V.M., 2002, Statistical summaries of water-quality data for selected streamflow-gaging stations in the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-390, 229 p. -- URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr02390/index.html.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M., 2001, 2001 floods in the Red River of the North Basin in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-169, 8 p. -- URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr01169/index.html.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Burr, M.J.; Mitton, G.B., 2001, Peak discharges and flow volumes for streams in the northern plains, 1996-97: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1185-B, 52 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1185B.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Burr, M.J.; Mitton, G.B., 2001, Precipitation in the northern plains, September 1996 through April 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1185- A, 19 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/cir/cir1185A.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M., 2000, Suspended-sediment loads from major tributaries to the Missouri River between Garrison Dam and Lake Oahe, North Dakota, 1954- 98: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4072, 24 p. -- URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri004072/index.html.
• Cates, S.W.; Macek-Rowland, K.M., 1998, Water resources of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, west-central North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water- Resources Investigations 98-4098, 75 p. -- abstract URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri984098/index.html.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M., 1997, 1997 floods in the Red River of the North and Missouri River Basins in North Dakota and western Minnesota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-575, 8 p. -- URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr97575/index.html.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M., 1997, Water quality in the E.A. Patterson Lake Basin, North Dakota, June 1995 through May 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4215, 24 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri974215.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Lent, R.M., 1996, Variations in land use and nonpoint-source contamination on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, west-central North Dakota, 1990-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4007, 33 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri964007.
• Williams-Sether, Tara; Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Emerson, D.G., 1994, Climatic and hydrologic aspects of the 1988-92 drought and the effect on people and resources of North Dakota: North Dakota State Water Commission Water Resources Investigation 29, 57 p. -- URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri29/index.html.
• Lent, R.M.; Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Baker, K.P., 1993, Occurrence of 2,4-D in a prairie stream tributary to Lake Sakakawea on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota [abs.]: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Wetland Symposium, Jamestown, North Dakota, August 9-13, 1993, p. 28. -- abstract URL http://nd.water.usgs.gov/pubs/abs/abs369.html.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Emerson, D.G., 1991, Meteorologic data for West Branch Antelope Creek stations and Canfield Lake station in west-central North Dakota, May 1982 through September 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-706, 69 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr87706.
• Emerson, D.G.; Macek-Rowland, K.M., 1990, Solid-precipitation (snowfall) measurement intercomparison, Bismarck, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open- File Report 90-124, 2 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr90124.
• Macek-Rowland, K.M.; Emerson, D.G.; Bader, Chris, 1990, Estimated use of water in North Dakota [abs.]: North Dakota Water Quality Symposium, Fargo, North Dakota, March 20-21, 1990, p. 49.
• Emerson, D.G.; Macek-Rowland, K.M., 1986, Flood analysis along the Little Missouri River within and adjacent to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4090, 36 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri864090.

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