Water Quality Training for Stream Team Members

The Missouri Stream Team group has announced the 2009 schedule for "Introductory Level Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring" workshop. This is an excellent opportunity for La Russell Stream Team members to learn more about streams, watersheds and their sensitivity to environmental factors. Here is the information for the Springfield and Mt. Vernon workshop locations.

Springfield:
Springfield Nature Center
4600 S. Chrisman
Register by: Wednesday, April 1
Workshop date: Friday, April 17, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Mt. Vernon:
MU Southwest Center Agricultural Experiment Station
14548 Highway H
Register by: Wednesday, April 1
Workshop date: Saturday, April 18, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

There is no charge to attend, but you have to be registered in advance in order to participate. The Introduction to Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring is the entry level of monitoring. This 8-hour workshop includes training for watershed mapping, site selection, stream discharge, and biological monitoring (for stream macroinvertebrates). The primary emphasis is education about watersheds and biological monitoring. Although most of the workshop is conducted in a classroom, a midday field trip to a nearby stream provides a hands-on demonstration of how to conduct a visual survey and how to collect and identify macroinvertebrates. After the completion of this workshop you will be provided the equipment necessary to conduct the biological monitoring.

Click here to register online.
Click here to print off a registration form.