Flora and fauna sampling of the New Wetlands showed it was a healthy wetlands habitat, due to the biodiversity of organisms that were found.  The cattails around the ponds provided nesting areas for birds such as the Red-winged Blackbird.  Geese and other native birds were also found feeding and nesting around the New Wetlands habitat.  The vegetation also revealed that the habitat was healthy due to the diversity and amount of foliage that present.  The fauna samples were significantly different between the studies of the Future Wetland and the New Wetland.  The predominant fauna of the Future Wetland was spiders, earthworms, flies and ants; compared to the New Wetland dominant fauna was toads and frogs.  The floral herb survey of the Future Wetland contained more mosses, Kidneyleaf Buttercup, Chickweed, Ground ivy, Henbit, and Purple deadnettle, Cleavers, and Amur Honeysuckle than New Wetland.  Unlike the Future Wetland, the New Wetlands contained much more clovers, Queen Anne’s Lace, grasses, and Compositae.  Floral shrub plots of the New Wetlands showed many plants that the Future Wetlands did not have such as; Pokeweed, Dock, Yellow Rocket, Garlic Mustard, Oak saplings, Black Willow saplings, goldenrods, cattails, sedges, and other large composits.
     Environmental factors of the area were common with other areas prone to direct sunlight, and without tree cover.  The soil temperature of the bare dirt (24°C) was warmer than the soil temperature of the grassy area (23°C).  Though only different by one degree, there was a difference that is common to the two types of soil areas.  The light intensity of the wetland area was much higher in this area than surrounding areas such as West Woods, and the tree line to the south of the ponds.  The difference in light intensities is due to the presence of tree and understory growth in West Woods and the tree line to the south of the ponds.  The relative humidity was normal in the wetlands area, but was much lower than the relative humidity of the West Woods (trail intersection) due to large vegetation and tree cover.  The wind velocities recorded around the ponds was also considerably higher than areas studied in West Woods also due to shrub and tree growth.
     The studies of aquatic organisms, around the ponds, were all normal to the organisms common to wetlands.  The ponds were heavily inhabited with frogs, tadpoles, and cattails.  The cattails provide dense areas for the frogs to lay eggs, and to hide from predators.  The microscopic observation showed large numbers of mites and Cyclops, compared to the Maple Creek observation that contained no mites and 1 Cyclops.  Maple Creek had a large number of diatoms and pillbugs, which weren’t present in the pond’s water sample.
     Water analysis showed that the north pond had normal levels of dissolved oxygen and the south pond had high levels of dissolved oxygen.  The normal levels of dissolved oxygen in surface water are a minimum of 5.0 mg of O₂/L water, and a 24-hour average of 6.0 (Clermont County).  The higher level of oxygen in the south pond could be due to byproducts of photosynthesis from more plentiful vegetation in the south pond.  This is inconclusive due to the lack of evidence that there is more vegetation but could be tested.  The pH of both the ponds were neutral.  The south pond was normal for hardness and the north pond was slightly low (USGS).  The chloride content was considerably higher in the south pond than in the north pond.
    The analysis of the New Wetlands failed to include any analysis of the soil, and the size and number of large trees in the New Wetland’s area.  These test are further test that could be done to also show the health of the area as a whole.  The absence of ducks and geese in the area shows that more development is needed.  The release of ducks into the ponds area should be attempted to see if they remain in the wetlands area, and help the area to become further develop.  Floral surveys could be done at different times during the quarter since there were several plants that were not in bloom and could not be identified.   The area is fairly new and therefore should be studied in the years to come to be sure that the area stays healthy, and further diversifies with the presence of more vegetation and organisms that are found in other area wetlands.