Habitat Assessment Program: COVID-19 Edition
In our BMI program, volunteers will 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.
A training webinar was held on April 22nd, 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. The volunteers will be assigned specific sites (minimum of 1, and up to 2 per volunteer) that we would prefer to have assessed but we are flexible if participants have a preferred area.
Our 2021 season has finished for the year! Thank you to all our volunteers who helped us collect habitat data. For anyone interested in joining us next year, make sure to sign up for our volunteer alerts below.
A training webinar was held on April 22nd, 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. The volunteers will be assigned specific sites (minimum of 1, and up to 2 per volunteer) that we would prefer to have assessed but we are flexible if participants have a preferred area.
Our 2021 season has finished for the year! Thank you to all our volunteers who helped us collect habitat data. For anyone interested in joining us next year, make sure to sign up for our volunteer alerts below.
Below are the assessment forms that volunteers can download and fill out for their sites, along with the April 22nd Training Webinar and accompanying slides
Last Updated: 10/19/2021
