Macroinvertebrate Monitoring on Whychus Creek

Join the Xerces Society and Upper Deschutes Watershed Council in collecting aquatic macroinvertebrate samples from Whychus Creek. Participants will be given a brief introduction to aquatic macroinvertebrates and trained in sampling techniques. Teams will depart to monitoring stations, collect aquatic macroinvertebrate samples between mid-morning to early afternoon, and return the samples at Creekside Park. Click link above for more information.

Why monitor aquatic macroinvertebrates?
Aquatic macroinvertebrate communities reflect a stream’s biological health and can be used to track in-stream changes due to land use, restoration projects, and conservation efforts.  Macroinvertebrate data collected in this project will be compared to data collected previously in 2005 and data to be collected in 2013.  This approach tracks changes to the in-stream health of Whychus Creek and allows for evaluation of the
effectiveness of restoration and conservation projects to improve conditions for Whychus Creek native fish populations.  
 
Friday August 21, 2009 at 8:30 a.m.
Creekside City Park, Hwy 20 & E. Jefferson, City of Sisters
 
To show our appreciation, participants will receive a copy of the Xerces Society field guide Stream Bugs As Biomonitors: A Guide to 
Pacific Northwest Macroinvertebrate Monitoring & Identification.  For more information or to register by August 15, 2009, please contact: 
 
Lesley Jones, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council,  ljones@restorethedeschutes.org