All 74 students who participated in the Creek Connections program helped to build a three dimensional, scale model of the Edinboro lake watershed. This was accomplished by enlarging topographic sections to a 1/10,000 scale so that a single thickness of oak tag was equal to a ten foot contour interval. Oak tag sections of each contour interval were then cut out and  glued together. The model was then covered with plaster, and area roads were glued on. Finally, the model was coated with clear, waterproof paint.

Emily Cholak and Kelly Schreuer used artificial substrate samplers to collect benthic macro fauna from Conneautee Creek, Parker Run and Pavkov Stream both upstream and downstream of the sewage outfall. Rachel Zelina used these data to calculate a Shannon-Weaver species diversity index for each stream.  Results indicated that  Conneautee Creek had the highest species diversity, followed by Parker Run and Pavkov Stream above the sewage outfall. Pavkov Stream below the sewage outfall had a very low species diversity.