Brandywine
and
Red Clay Valley
Associations’
Watershed Watch
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Watershed Watch is a program in which volunteers can help monitor the health of their streams. They will be trained to collect and record data and observations on four aspects of stream health. • One training session will focus on habi tat assessment and will teach volunteers how to evaluate stream HEALTH as a whole. • Another training session will address chemical testing for dissolved oxygen, pH, phosphates and nitrates. • A third will address biological monitor- ing, which entails identification of small organisms that live in streams and help indicate stream health. • A soil watch training will look at aspects of erosion and sediment
control in areas of new development.
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N ationwide, CITIZENS are successfullytaking on the RESPONSIBILITY of caring for their streams and rivers. The health of a community’s water supply is directly related to the health of its small streams. Whether your water comes from a well or public water supply, the first indication of problems may come from the small stream nearby. The Brandywine and Red Clay Valleys are two of the fastest growing areas in Pennsylvania and RAPID DEVELOPMENT will take a toll on their 730 miles of steams. Monitoring the health of these streams is your opportunity to get involved.
E VERYONE! Participation can be onmany levels.Some of the activities will need to be done monthly, others twice a year and some on an as-needed basis. Trained VOLUNTEERS are needed to: • Perform chemical, physical, biological and habitat data collections and soil watch evaluations. • Collect, report and record the incoming data from the monitors. • Organize, store and maintain the monitoring equipment. |
SIGN UP FORM
If you...
• are interested in your water, creek or
stream and the health of your environment...
• or want to learn how to improve and protect your neighborhood streams and water environments... Watershed Watch Please fill out the Brandywine & Watershed Watch 1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road West Chester, PA 19382 Name:______________________ Adress:_____________________ ___________________________ Phone: Home (____ )_________ Work (____ )______________E-mail:_____________________ Or contact Jane Fava 610-793-1090
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| VOLUNTEERS
S pend time outside and close to homelearning about your environment through volunteering! You would learn: • How to identify problems in your neighborhood • Where to find help to restore problem areas • How to maintain the healthy areas. As Watershed Watch volunteers, you will meet many of the experts in stream health, erosion and sediment control in Chester County. You would receive information from: • PA Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) • Stroud Water Resource Center • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Delaware River Keeper • Chester County Conservation District, Along with many more organizations that are involved in
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ABOUT BVA AND RCVA T he Brandywine Valley Association (BVA) and the Red Clay ValleyAssociation (RCVA) have been working to protect their valleys’ water for more than 50 years. Four years ago the Watershed Watch Program began monitoring streams in the Brandywine watershed. The program is now expanding to include the Red Clay watershed. We can bring our EXPERIENCE to your municipality to pilot a township-based Volunteer Watershed Monitoring Program.
1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road West Chester PA 19382 Tel 610-793-1090 • Fax 610-793-2813E-Mail: [email protected]BVAWebsite: www.brandywinewatershed.org RCVA Website: www.redclayvalley.org
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