GLIN==> Water Quality Monitoring Volunteers needed in northern Macomb and Oakland Counties

Become an Adopt a Stream Volunteer.and Help Your Community Make Informed
Decisions and Improve Water Quality

Assessing the health of the creeks and rivers in the Clinton River Watershed
is a pretty big task.  The land that drains into the Clinton River covers
760 square miles and includes over 1,000 miles of streams in addition to the
80-mile-long main branch. We live in the most populous watershed in MI and
we're still growing! As our population grows, the potential for complex
water quality issues in our watershed also grows. 

 

In order to protect our own health, recreational opportunities and the
overall health of the watershed, we must have a better understanding of the
impact these problems have on water bodies in our own neighborhoods. The
over 60 municipalities, county agencies and nonprofit conservation groups in
our watershed are hard at work, developing and implementing plans that will
help maintain and improve the health our waterways. 

But, we can't do it alone.  Governmental agencies don't have the staff or
funds to continuously monitor each body of water without local community
assistance. 

 

That's where you can help by getting involved and volunteering as an
Adopt-A-Stream volunteer. The Clinton River Watershed Council's
Adopt-a-Stream program is a volunteer-based program that empowers community
members to protect local streams and rivers by monitoring their health.
Volunteers are teamed up, assigned stream sites, given equipment, data
sheets and a collection protocol, and then sent out to gather information on
streamside habitats, physical/chemical characteristics and macroinvertebrate
populations. Twice a year (May and October) teams of trained volunteers
visit their adoption site and collect data. After the initial 3 hour
training session each volunteer dedicates approximately 3-4 hours of their
time per year.

 

The data collected is then used by the watershed council, municipalities and
the state to assess the health of our streams and rivers and make decisions
regarding their protection and restoration. 

 

We are looking for individuals who would like to coordinate a site team and
team participants. If you would like more information on Adopt-a-Stream
volunteer monitoring opportunities or would like to register for training
sessions, call 248-601-0606 or send an email to jeremy at crwc.org

 

We are especially in need of volunteers in northern Oakland and Macomb
county communities. 

 

Upcoming Adopt-A-Stream Volunteer Basic Trainings

 

Volunteers only need to attend one 3 hr training session

 

April 10, 2010 9am-12 pm & 1-4pm

*Two locations for your convenience*

Waterford Twp. Police Dept.

5150 Civic Center Dr.

Waterford, MI 48329

              OR

Wolcott Mill Metropark, Ray Twp.

@ Historic Grist Mill

 

April 20, 2010 6-9pm

Hawk Woods Nature Center

3799 Bald Mt. Rd. Auburn Hills, MI 48326

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michele Arquette-Palermo

Education and Stewardship Director 

Clinton River Watershed Council

101 Main St. 

Rochester, MI 48307

phone: 248.601.0606

fax: 248.601.1280

email:  <mailto:michele at crwc.org> michele at crwc.org

 

Protecting, enhancing and celebrating the Clinton River, its watershed and
Lake St. Clair.

 

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