WEN was blessed with a beautiful day for our spring Stream Monitoring Training last Thursday at Greenough Park. WEN's MTCC Campus Corps volunteer coordinator Alaina Strehlow taught community members how to test multiple chemical parameters and WEN's Field Director Josh Gubits lead the aquatic macroinvertebrate station.
The group also learned how to measure a cross section of the stream and calculate velocity and cfs. 
The trainings are primarily used to train potential volunteers for our School Stream Monitoring Program and our Stream Team. Community members who are interested in doing their own independent stream monitoring are also welcomed to use WEN's water testing equipment after attending a training.
One of the best moments of Thursday's training was when children playing in the park came over to our biological station and asked to look at the bugs we collected.
If you have an interest in water quality testing and/or volunteering with WEN, please consider attending our next free training:
Volunteer Water Monitoring Training! Saturday March 13th (1:00p-5:00p) @ Greenough Park Pavilion: Open to the public! Come learn about the Watershed Education Network and how to test the biological, physical, and chemical parameters of stream health. Or come for a refresher course, and to catch up. Then join us on school stream monitoring field trips though out the season! For directions see the map link or call 541-9287. On the day of the training call Josh at (303) 204-2483.
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