The Clinton River Watershed Council’s Adopt-a-Stream program is hosting a volunteer-based program that empowers community members to protect local streams and rivers by monitoring their health. Volunteers are teamed up, assigned stream sites, given equipment, data sheets and a collection protocol, and then sent out to gather information on stream-side habitats, physical and chemical characteristics and macroinvertebrate populations.After attending a training session each volunteer dedicates approximately 3-4 hours of their time per year. Fall monitoring season begins Saturday, Oct. 1.
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