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Delaware Riverkeeper Network Seeking Citizen River Monitors
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The Delaware Riverkeeper is looking for citizen volunteers to become river monitors and attend special training on June 25 in Starlight, Pa in Wayne County.
This hands-on training is designed for local citizens living in the Marcellus Shale areas (priority areas: Wayne County, Pa and Sullivan, Delaware, and parts of Broome County NY) of the Delaware River watershed willing to become a part of a corps of volunteers in the Upper Delaware collecting field data for streams that are threatened by natural gas drilling.
Volunteer monitors have performed monthly testing for 45 stations in Pennsylvania since March 2010. Information collected is provided to Delaware Riverkeeper Network and has been used to testify and provide important comment about the conditions of Upper Delaware tributaries and what may be lost if drilling is permitted in the Basin. The protocols are available online.
These techniques are being used across the state of Pennsylvania and were developed in partnership with Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM), and Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited.
There are still unmonitored streams in NY and PA where Delaware Riverkeeper Network is seeking reliable volunteer teams to collect data. Consider being a volunteer monitor to learn the tools you will need to help accomplish this vital river protection.
Streams in need of coverage include: Faulkner Brook, Weston Brook, Sherman Creek, Pea Brook, Oquaga Creek, Hoolihan Creek, Abe Lord Creek, Sands Creek, Cadosia Creek and many more on both the PA and NY side of the Delaware Watershed in Wayne County PA, Sullivan, Delaware, and parts of Broome County NY.
Volunteers need to live locally so they can monitor these streams monthly before drilling and more frequently if drilling is allowed to begin in the Delaware Basin.
No prior experience is necessary but monitors should live within the Upper Delaware to monitor regularly and year-round. DRN has monitoring kits available for loan. Groups or individuals may sponsor kits to help with this important effort.
These monitoring workshops are made possible by a grant from the William Penn Foundation.
Pre-order kits in advance to have additional equipment available by the training – kits cost $150 (and include electronic Lamotte Meter, chloride test kit, and calibration solution).
For questions related to stream sampling locations, expectations of volunteers, and the monitoring program, please contact Faith Zerbe at 215-369-1188 ext 110.
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6/13/2011 |
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