Upcoming Volunteer Stream Monitoring, Protection, and Clean Up Events
Stream Monitoring Trainings
River Clean Ups
Other Exciting Stream-related Activities
Crayfish Survey Trainings
Stream monitoring trainings are for anyone interested in participating in stream monitoring. There is no cost for most of the trainings, but we do ask that you contact the local planner and pre-register so that they have an idea of who and how many to expect.
At these trainings you learn to monitor temperature, flow, biotic index, habitat, dissolved oxygen, or transparency using WAV methods.
If you do not find a local training in your area listed below, contact Kris Stepenuck to schedule a training in your area.
The following trainings are currently scheduled:
April 19: To be held at Round River Institute, S4061 Newton Rd., Genoa, WI. 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM (rain date 5/17). Review of the WAV program in the classroom and then walking down to the North Fork Bad Axe River for streamside application. For registration or to receive more information, call the VSN office 608-637-3615, or e-mail Gary at gatwwtc@hotmail.com
April 19: Upper Sugar River Watershed Association "Get with the BAT Pack, Intro to Stream Monitoring, 1-4 PM, Riley Tavern 8205 Klevenville-Riley Road, Verona, WI 53593 Contact Becky at the USRWA office to register 608-437-7707 or usrwa@usrwa.org
April 26: Woodland Dunes and WI Maritime Museum Stream Monitor Training (both level 1 and level 2 sessions offered). Silver Creek Park in Manitowoc. Contact Wendy Lutzke at Wisconsin Maritime Museum Monitors Wendy Lutzke 1.866.724.2356 X 115 or wlutzke@wisconsinmaritime.org or contact Kelly Eskew at 920.793.4007 or kellye@woodlanddunes.com to register.
April 26: Central Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Stream Monitoring Training. Wautoma. Contact Dick Pollock at rpollock@new.rr.com to register.
May 3: Beaver Creek Citizen Science Center Stream Monitoring Training. Fall Creek. 9 AM-NOON To register call the Reserve at 715-877-2212. If you cannot make this training workshop but would still like to participate in stream monitoring this season, contact Sarah Braun at the reserve to set up a training.
May 3: UW-Waukesha Field Station in Waterville. 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM. To register, call Jayne Jenks at 262-896-8305 or e-mail jjenks@waukeshacounty.gov
May 5 and 6: Jefferson County area: Lake Mills.
Monday & Tuesday evenings 5:30 – 8:00PM.
Contact Ed Grunden at 920-648-2673 or email ed@rockrivercoalition.org
May 10: Jump River. Taylor County. 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM. Contact Cathy Mauer at the
Taylor County Land Conservation Department
at 715-748-1469.
May 28 and 29: Rock County area: Edgerton.
Wednesday & Thursday evenings 6:00 – 8:00PM.
Contact Anne Miller at 608-754-6617, ext. 118 or by email at amiller@co.rock.wi.us
May 31: 9:30 AM -3:30 PM at Riveredge Nature Center in Newburg. Co-sponsored by Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers and Riveredge Nature Center. Morning will be classroom time and the afternoon will be in the field. Please bring a lunch dish to pass. Volunteers can RSVP to Jenni Reinke at FMR at (414) 287-0207 ext. 35 or jenni_reinke@mkeriverkeeper.org. Or Mary Holleback at RNC at 800-287-8098 ext. 129 or maryh@riveredge.us. Note: If enough people cannot make this date, a second training will be scheduled, so please contact Jenni or Mary if you live in the Milwaukee/Newburg area and are interested in participating in the WAV program.
Flexible dates:
One on one, four-hour trainings are being offered for
citizens interested in monitoring streams in the Superior area. Contact Sue
O'Halloran or Amy Eliot at 715-394-8525 or sohallor@uwsuper.edu
The same is true for volunteers in the Little Wolf Headwaters area. Jim Hlaban will offer one-on-one training to interested volunteers. Contact Jim at wiscpr@wolfnet.net
April 19, 2008 along the Sugar River (Dane County): 8:00 AM-11:00 AM. Be part of the RAT Pack! Riverside & Trailside Clean ups
Volunteer for the Upper Sugar River Watershed Association (USRWA) River Action Team (RAT) Pack & Friends of Military Ridge Trail as we join forces to tackle litter, invasive species and other small brush clearing throughout our river and trail landscapes. Stop in behind Riley Tavern for a cup of coffee and to get your site assignments or contact Becky at the USRWA office for details. Pre-registration is appreciated for groups of 6 or more. Need more information? Want to register?
Contact Becky at the USRWA office.
Phone: 608-437-7707
E-mail: usrwa@usrwa.org Please put “Earth Day” in the subject line.
Visit their Web site at: www.usrwa.org or view their Clean up Flyer View flyer >>
May 17, 2008 along the Sheboygan River: 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM. Enjoy a morning walk or paddle along a stretch of the Sheboygan River picking up litter. Bring your own canoe; use a free camp canoe; or walk along the river. Registration is required. Contact Camp Y-Koda for a registration form. Participants must register by May 1, 2008. Call the camp at 920-467-6882.
Ongoing on the St. Croix River: Mike and Julie Anderson and their family are taking charge of trash in and along many miles of the St. Croix River, which forms a portion of the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. They've set up a project called "geo-trashing" and are working on details of a team-based trash clean up contest in August. Visit their website (http://cleanuptheriver.com/) or read more about their clean up plan here:View Their Clean up Plan >>
Other Exciting Stream-related Activities and Trainings
June 13 and 14: St. Croix Riverfest. St. Croix Riverfest is a two-day (Friday & Saturday) community-based celebration of the Upper St. Croix – Eau Claire Rivers Watershed, and is intended to recognize local citizens and organizations and to promote stewardship of our streams, lakes, rivers, and wetlands. A series of workshops (including a middle/high school student-focused macroinvertebrate training) will be offered. Plus the Patagonia Environmental Wild and Scenic Film Festival will take place on Friday evening June 13. View brochure and schedule >>
June 14: Macroinvertebrate Mania! 10 AM-NOON. Solon Springs. This session at the St. Croix Riverfest is focused for 8th-11th grade students who are interested in learning more about the life that lurks beneath the surface of streams. We'll head out to the stream to collect some samples and then use microscopes, field guides and keys to help identify our catch. Learn some fun facts about these critters, how/what they eat, how they breathe, and about their structure and adaptations that make life a little easier in the water for them.
These trainings are held in July and August of each year. They generally begin at 6 PM and end by 9 PM on weeknights. They cover the methods needed to participate in level 3 crayfish surveying. Equipment will be provided to citizens interested in participating in the survey. Note: Anyone interested in participating in the monitoring effort after the training must purchase a WI fishing license. To schedule a training, contact Kris Stepenuck.
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