Date: Rescheduled for April 13 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Powhatan School, streamside at Page Brook Run, by the bridge to the ball fields. Park in the back parking lot.
Learn how to perform the collection method for the Virginia Save Our Streams Protocol. Take the opportunity to become certified as a stream monitor afterwards.
Location: Powhatan School, streamside at Page Brook Run, by the bridge to the ball fields. Park in the back parking lot.
Bring: boots and notes from past classes, if you have them.
More for our instructor:
Hello Stream Monitors!
In-stream training demonstration and practice will come first, followed by an opportunity to take the test to be certified.
For those who are unable to attend on the 9th, or need to retake the test, there will be an additional streamside training and certification opportunity in April, date TBD. Please let me know if you cannot make it on the 9th, but are still interested in becoming certified.
http://www.dep.wv.gov/WWE/getinvolved/sos/Documents/Benthic/AquaticInvertGuide.pdf — describes the characteristics of the various invertebrates that can be found.
http://www.dep.wv.gov/WWE/getinvolved/sos/macros/Pages/Benthos.aspx — excellent set of pictures of each type of critter that you might find in the stream that you would have to identify. It includes a wide variety of Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddisflies with their specific characteristics visible.
http://www.rayswords.com/bugs/bugs.htm This is a fun site if you’d like to practice testing yourself–it’s an online test based on photos–doesn’t cover everything, but a good variety.