Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) and Trout Unlimited invite the public to get their feet wet and learn more about the Credit River watershed. Volunteers are needed to monitor local streams as part of Check Your Watershed Day on July 19 from 1pm to 4pm.
Check Your Watershed Day is an annual event held in Ontario since 2006.
The event is an chance for students and people interested in the environment to gain hands-on experience and participate in important research.
Volunteers record water temperatures, take photos of culverts and measure stream flow.
The information collected builds a better understanding of the watershed and helps CVC plan stewardship activities to manage it.
“Streams are the lifeblood of our countryside,” said Mike Puddister, CVC Director of Restoration and Stewardship.
“Monitoring their health is vital to the work we do to protect and enhance the environment. It’s also an opportunity to view nature from a different perspective.”
Pre-registration is mandatory and volunteers should meet at Terra Cotta Conservation Area at 12:45pm. to receive training and pick up equipment.
Participants will be organized into stream teams of two to four people to collect data. Volunteers must have good mobility.
Participants will be asked to wear rubber boots or hip waders. Some access points to stream monitoring sites may be steep or unstable.
Stream Teams will go to assigned sites in Orangeville, Caledon, Erin and Halton Hills. Certificates will be awarded to volunteers at the end of the event.
Participants 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 a cell phone.
Please register online at http://www.creditvalleyca.ca/event/check-your-watershed-day-2/ before July 15.
Space is limited. For further information please contact CVC’s Lindsey Jennings at ljennings@creditvalleyca.ca or 905-670-1615 ext. 445.
