Do you wonder about the quality of water in a stream near you? Would you like to build your confidence as a volunteer monitor and become a real-life citizen scientist? Any citizen or educator, 18 years of age or older can attend this FREE workshop and learn to monitor stream health by assessing habitat, biology, and chemistry.

What to Expect

Come prepared to get your feet wet and have fun!
This basic training workshop will introduce citizens and educators to the basic concepts of watersheds, water pollution, and the ecological integrity of streams. It will include indoor classroom sessions and outdoor fieldwork and will provide hands-on training on how to monitor these components of wadable streams:

Physical - Habitat and flow
Chemical - Oxygen, pH, and nutrients
Biological - Benthic macroinvertebrates (the bugs)

Participants will receive a printed training manual, a Hoosier Riverwatch certification card, and access to the Hoosier Riverwatch online database to enter water quality data. Participants will also become eligible to use Hoosier Riverwatch monitoring equipment, teach Hoosier Riverwatch monitoring techniques to others, and take advantage of advanced training workshops.

Registration required. To register, please fill out our form!

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