Friday, July 24, 2009

Watershed Stream School, Sun. July 26th

I am re-posting the announcement for this really cool program, since it is coming up this Sunday. David and I are planning to attend this workshop and I can't wait. It may surprise you that my betrothed used to pedal around on a unicycle as a kid in Kentucky with a butterfly net, catching samples for entomological study...sigh, swoon...so his skills should come in handy on this project!

Here are the details--see you Sunday!
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Below is an Express Times article on the Watershed Stream School workshop that is happening this Sunday:


Below is an invitation from Sophia at the WWNP, take part in a really cool program on the Bushkill. Residents and teens will learn how to monitor pollution in the water of Bushkill Creek, by observing insects on the creek that show various reactions to specific pollutions. This is a great educational event for free that will enhance a sense of neighborhood ownership and pride in our creek:

Dear West Wardians,

A great event in our neighborhood is coming up on Sunday July, 26 from 1 to 4 the first West Ward Watershed Stream School at the Bushkill Creek! Check it out!

How Clean are your Neighborhood Streams?
Join us for Watershed Stream School and Find Out!

Come out to the Bushkill Creek with the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership and Delaware Riverkeeper Network and learn about techniques that citizens across the country use to help monitor and protect the health of their local streams and rivers.

Participants will learn how to monitor important water quality measures that help keep the local fish community healthy and diverse. We will learn how to conduct surveys to gain knowledge of how actions on the land affect stream health. Finally, we will learn how citizen monitors use the insects in the stream to determine how clean or polluted a stream is with basic macroinvertebrate monitoring training.

This hands-on training will be outdoors along the Bushkill Creek so dress to get wet! Please bring waders if you have them, otherwise field clothes (long pants) are recommended and shoes you do not mind getting wet.

Citizen vigilance is key to healthy streams so we hope to see you there!

This Session of the Watershed Stream School is limited to 10 youths at least 15yrs old and 20 adults so register early to save your spot.

To Register please stop by the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership office at 668 Northampton Street or contact us at 610 515 0891 or email sfeller@caclv.org.

Sophia Feller
Administrative Assistant
West Ward Neighborhood Partnership
610.515.0891 ext. 4200
SFeller@caclv.org
Posted by noel jones at 12:32 PM

1 comment:

noel jones said...

This was great program today put on by the WWNP and the Delaware Riverkeeper--the good news is that after doing the bug count and testing the oxygen levels in the water, the Bushkill appears to be in pretty good shape at the moment.

The WWNP is looking for volunteers to be yearly River Monitors to keep tabs on pollution levels in our part of the Bushkill--it was really fun spending a few hours down by the creek--nice and shady on a hot day--and so easy to get to--it's hard to believe that it's right here in our neighborhood available to us at any time--it's one of the finest limestone cold water creeks in the country--lots of great trout fishing!

Please contact Sophia at the WWNP if you're interested in being a River Monitor--it will bring out both the nature lover and the science nerd in you!

July 26, 2009 at 5:35 PM

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