Upcoming River Watch Trainings
River Watch volunteers come in all shapes in sizes:
- Middle, Elementary and High School groups participate in our program to provide in-depth education and experience in real life science that extends beyond the classroom.
- Conservation groups and community organizations concerned with water quality issues in their areas participate to learn more about watershed health in their region.
Interested volunteers must participate in a training before becoming part of the River Watch program. After the training, groups agree to sample at a designated station monthly for metals, nutrients and other parameters. Since water quality data must be recorded over time to understand the baseline conditions and any changes that occur in the system, we are seeking volunteers that can make a several year commitment to the program.
The fee for new groups to become part of River Watch is a one time cost of $200. With this fee, groups will obtain over $1200 worth of water quality equipment and includes one person’s attendance cost to a training of your choice. Scholarships are available to those groups who demonstrate their inability to pay the new group fee.
River Watch will be holding one training this fall. Students are welcome to attend the training if accompanied by an adult. Continuing education credits will be available from the Colorado School of Mines at an additional cost.
October 20-23, 2008 at Camp Cedaredge, in the town of Cedaredge, Colorado
This event will allow participants the ability to broaden their knowledge on River Watch as we will be having sessions on data management and advanced stream ecology. Introduction to River Watch for new participants will focus on water quality sampling and analysis and the nuts and bolts of our program. Sessions in bringing River Watch home to your organization and exploring nontraditional teaching methods to implement River Watch will also be covered. There will be a cost of $90 per person to attend; all meals and lodging (3 nights) are included in the fee.
The deadline to register for this event is September 22nd.