Habitat Assessment Program: COVID-19 Edition
Within our BMI program, volunteers would also assess the habitats at their given sites. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions we wanted to create a socially distant yet interactive and educational outdoors activity for quarantined family, and friends! Habitat Assessments provide us with important water quality data.
An interactive training webinar took place during Spring 2020, where participants learned how to conduct an appropriate Habitat Assessment using EPA’s Low Gradient Stream Habitat Assessment sheet, how to score properly, and how to take precautions to ensure safety during COVID-19. Volunteers are assigned specific sites (minimum of 1, and up to 2 per volunteer) we would prefer to have assessed but we are flexible if participants have a preferred area. As mentioned, this is a great solo or family activity while actively protecting the Charles!
An interactive training webinar took place during Spring 2020, where participants learned how to conduct an appropriate Habitat Assessment using EPA’s Low Gradient Stream Habitat Assessment sheet, how to score properly, and how to take precautions to ensure safety during COVID-19. Volunteers are assigned specific sites (minimum of 1, and up to 2 per volunteer) we would prefer to have assessed but we are flexible if participants have a preferred area. As mentioned, this is a great solo or family activity while actively protecting the Charles!
We are not currently accepting any new volunteers for this program at this time. Please check back in June 2021 for next year's season. Current volunteers may use the materials below!
