About Us

Stream Team Brochure
(oriented for two sided printing)

A Small But Dedicated Group
Beginning in August of 2002, several introductory workshops were conducted, and we currently have about twelve active volunteers beginning our fourth year of monthly monitoring (April through October). Data is collected at five different sites along Wolf Creek.  Monitoring equipment and data is managed at the Montgomery SWCD office. Other volunteer jobs are available besides stream monitoring.

Anyone interested in learning more about the Wolf Creek Stream Team can contact Caroline McColloch at the Montgomery Soil and Water Conservation District at
(937) 854-7645.

The photos below were taken at the second stream monitoring workshop in late August 2002, in Madison Park, Trotwood, Ohio. 

                      

                     
  Volunteers learn how to evaluate physical habitat - rocks, trees, currents, and
   the shape of the stream channel are important factors for fish and insects. 

 

                                        
                        
 A kick seine net is used to collect and identify aquatic insects.  They are
 classified according to pollution tolerance and an important indicator of
 long-term stream health.

 


                      
                     
 Measuring the pH in the stream is one of six chemical tests that are conducted to give a "snapshot in time" of the water chemistry. pH measures how acidic or alkaline the water is; organisms can live only in a narrow pH range. 
 

 

Last updated  04/06/07