April 29^th Water Action Volunteer (WAV) Workshop

It's that time of year to resume citizen stream monitoring, to get outdoors, and to have some fun.

Kris Stepenuck, UW-Extension, will be in Gordon to host a WAV workshop on Saturday, April 29th. No prior water quality monitoring experience is necessary for first year volunteers.  A refresher will be held for 2nd year volunteers.

Click here to see what we did at last year's WAV Workshop.

Agenda

Morning review and in-depth study for 2nd year volunteers:

8:30              Registration

8:45              Welcome and General Questions      

9:00              ID workshop for macroinvertebrates.

Remember to bring a small-labeled container with the critters you have collected at your monitoring site earlier in the morning.

9:00              Refresher macroinvertebrate training.

9:20              More in depth macroinvertebrate study.

10:45            Dissolved Oxygen (DO) discussion.

11:15            Review Stream flow problems and agree on 2006 plan.

12:00            Confirm monitoring schedule, wrap up, and questions.

Afternoon for first year volunteers:

12:30            Registration      

12:45            Welcome and Introductions    

1:00              Abbreviated Intro to WAV

1:15              Dissolved Oxygen and Temp

2:00              Stream flow and Turbidity

2:45              Habitat Assessment

3:15              Biotic Index

4:30              Wrap up, questions and evaluation

Directions to WAV Workshop

The WAV workshop will be held at the Gordon EMT Base Station.  Directions: From the intersection of Highway 53 and County Road Y at Gordon, go south on Highway 53 to the first road on the right (Snowberry Lane).  Once on Snowberry, the first fire sign on the left is 14511. Go in that driveway and look for the building with cars parked at the north end.