Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) invites people and landowners in the Credit River Watershed to assist during a one-day stream survey taking place on July 16.
Check Your Watershed Day is a hands-on community event. In Stream Teams of two to four people, volunteers record stream health by collecting temperature data from small streams at road crossings and taking photos of each culvert they visit.
During the event, a large amount of data can be collected.
The information is used to build a better understanding of the health of the streams in the upper watershed at a single moment in time. The data help inform stewardship activities and management of the watershed carried out by CVC.
Volunteers will meet at 1pm at Terra Cotta Conservation Area to receive training and equipment and to meet up with other members of their ream. Stream Teams will then head to sites Orangeville, Caledon, Erin, and Halton Hills.
Participants can expect to be finished around 4pm.
Participants must have good mobility, as some access points may be steep or unstable, and they are asked to wear rubber boots or waders and long pants.
Registrants must be 18 or older, unless accompanied by a parent.
Each volunteer group will require a car to access their assigned sites, a digital camera, and the ability to forward photos back to CVC, and a cell phone.
GPS units will also be helpful.
Please register online at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1735289297 before July 14. Space is limited.
For further information please contact: Annabel Krupp at akrupp@creditvalleyca.ca or 905-670-1615.
