| At our workshops, volunteers are trained to be RiverWatch community scientists who can monitor and protect their local streams. You will be taught to perform stream habitat surveys and biological surveys. Stream habitat surveys describe the physical conditions in and immediately surrounding the stream. Biological surveys focus on the diversity of organisms living in a stream by collecting small stream organisms, known as macroinvertebrates (water bugs). The morning of the workshop is spent indoors learning about RiverWatch and water quality as well as using microscopes to learn to identify the macroinvertebrates. In the afternoon, we go to a nearby stream to do a practice survey together. Upon completing training and becoming certified, volunteers may adopt a stream site where they can monitor water quality using RiverWatch survey methods.
To register for a RiverWatch Training Workshop, please click on a link below. |
