Small streams are the unsung heroes of healthy rivers. 💧✨
Here’s why focusing upstream works (and why it takes patience): stroudcenter.org/news/small-s...

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Undergrads in my lab getting hands-on training in stream macroinvertebrate surveys

kick-netting, hess samplers to ID skills, they’re diving right into the tiny world that tells us BIG stories about ecosystem health 🔬🌱

#UndergradResearch #Macroinvertebrates #StreamHealth, #Wetlands

“My, narrow-winged damselfly larva, what big eyes you have!”

“The better to see prey with, my dear!”

#benthicmacroinvertebrates #streamhealth

Want to visit a local stream, steep in nature, and add data to a vital study?

Just snap a pic of a stream and answer a few quick questions. It only takes a few minutes. Just visit this site to get started: StreamSelfie.org

#streams #streamhealth #waterpollution #cleanwater #communityscience

Streams feeding into the Sugar Creek watershed are running at or near their summer floor this week — gage readings at 0.3 feet and discharge at just 4.4 cubic feet per second, the lowest recorded in the past three months of monitoring. In midsummer heat…

#SugarCreek #Drought #StreamHealth #Piedmont

Wood Turtles are on the move right now — this is the part of summer when they range farthest from the streams they overwinter in, pushing into upland fields and forest edges to forage on berries, fungi, and whatever else is coming in. Th…

#WoodTurtle #TaconicFoothills #ThreatedSpecies #StreamHealth

Common Sanddragons have been recorded at Steele Creek and the Eastland greenway this month, just as streamflow in the watershed has dropped to 4.4 cubic feet per second — an exceptionally lean late-July pulse. The Sanddragon is one of the P…

#CommonSanddragon #PiedmontStreams #Odonata #StreamHealth

Bellevue is taking bold steps toward environmental stewardship with a new monitoring program aimed at revitalizing local streams and enhancing sustainability efforts.

Learn more here!

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Streams near farms are ‘fizzy’ with nitrous oxide: Minnesota streams are saturated with nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. Study found emissions stem from agricultural soil nitrification

#NitrousOxide #FarmPollution #StreamHealth #AgriculturalImpact #ClimateChange #EarthDotCom #Earth