March is nearly here, and the Addison County Riverwatch Collaborative is getting ready for the 2018 sampling season. Our training is coming up on Saturday, March 17th, and we need volunteer samplers!! For the next two years, our focus rivers will be the Lemon Fair and the Lewis Creek. This means we pick up additional sampling sites on these streams to get more detailed information. So, we are particularly looking for folks who have two or three first Wednesday early mornings this summer to sample in these watersheds. Training information is below. Please give Matt an email or call if you have questions, and hope to see you!

Addison County River Watch Collaborative

TRAINING
Saturday, March 17, 2018
9:00am to 11:30am
Addison County Regional Planning Commission
14 Seminary Street, Middlebury; 388-3141

The Addison County River Watch Collaborative (ACRWC) has been monitoring the quality of Addison County rivers, streams and creeks for over two decades. Volunteers collect water samples – which go to the Vermont DEC laboratory for analysis – once a month, April to September.

Learn water quality sampling methods!

Help protect your local stream or river!

Sample days are the first Wednesday each month (about 7:00-9:30) during spring & summer. The Collaborative is looking for volunteers to help sample on Otter Creek, Middlebury River, Lemon Fair River, New Haven River, Lewis Creek, and Little Otter Creek. If you have an interest in the health and wellbeing of our local watersheds, and would like to assist in collecting samples, please join us!!

Please let us know if you would like to volunteer:
Matthew Witten, ACRWC Managing Director: 434-3236; mwitten@gmavt.net; Webpage: http://acrpc.org/acrwc
Bagels, Coffee & Fruit will be served starting at 8:30.