Weekly Update

July 1, 2009


CJ, Ralph and Bob at Cunningham creek

Announcements

Office helpers needed…

We’re wrapping up our 2 year land use effects study, and we need to finish some data entry and other office tasks before mid-July. If you’d like to help, please check out the potential volunteer dates below.

July anniversaries…

Congratulations to the following volunteers, whose volunteer anniversaries are this month. Thanks so much for your work.

Tina Colom – 2 years
Ralph Hall – 2 years
Shirley Halladay – 6 years
Frank Persico – 6 years
Hugo Spaulding – 2 years
Will Spaulding – 2 years
Rob Tilghman – 6 years
Dorothy Tompkins – 2 years
Tom Walsh – 2 years

Mussel workshop…

Learn more about these interesting and important bivalves at a workshop hosted by the Rivanna Master Naturalists:

  • Saturday, July 18, 9am – noon, Ivy Creek Natural Area Education Building
  • Presented by Brian Watson, Wildlife Diversity Biologist and Malacologist with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
  • One hour of class time will be followed by a trip to a nearby stream to look for freshwater mussels.
  • No RSVP required

Potential Volunteer Dates

(Please contact Rose if you want to sign up.)

Thursday 7/9
Friday 7/10

Thank you for volunteering with StreamWatch!

Rose Brown, Program Manager
StreamWatch
434.962.3527
P.O. Box 181
Ivy, VA 22945
Email Rose
www.streamwatch.org