Weekly Update
May 21, 2008
Becky Minor, Super Lab Volunteer
Announcements
Ready for a break from fun in the sun? Come peer through a microscope in the StreamWatch lab…
We have plenty of bugs to identify in the lab. If you are interested in helping with lab work, please see the dates below.
Spring Potluck…
Join us at the StreamWatch spring potluck!
Where: Pleasant Grove, eastern trailhead (directions below)
When: Saturday 5/31, from 3pm – 7pm
What to bring: food and drink to share (no alcohol). Grills will be available. Lawn chairs are recommended (we only have so many bucket-stools!)
Paddle-to-the-potluck Challenge: There will be a special prize for anyone who paddles to the potluck. You can launch at Crofton and take out at Pleasant Grove or Palmyra. Shuttles back to Crofton will be provided.
Carpool Challenge: Prizes will also be awarded to carpoolers.
Directions:
From Cville: take Rt 53 past Monticello, toward Palmyra. After passing the Food Lion at Lake Monticello, proceed about 6 more miles. To the left, you’ll see the main entrance to Pleasant Grove. Continue for about another mile and turn left at the entrance to the Eastern Trailhead (aka the Dog Park).
From Palmyra/Rt 15: Turn onto Rt 53 and go approximately 1/2 mile. Turn right into the entrance to the Eastern Trailhead (aka the Dog Park).
(for more information, go to http://www.co.fluvanna.va.us/parksrec/PG_recreation.htm)
Spring re-certification…
Congrats to Sean Grzegorczyk, who successfully completed his re-certification this spring.
Summer project: Substrate Sampling…
We need volunteers to help test the permeability of the substrate of some of our streams. Christine May, our professional substrate sampler, will be out on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer. If you can help, please see the dates below. Thanks!
Potential Volunteer Dates
(These dates are weather dependent. Contact Rose if you are interested in helping.)
Tuesday 5/27 – substrate sampling and lab work
Wednesday 5/28 – lab work
Thursday 5/29 – substrate sampling and lab work
Friday 5/30 – lab work
Saturday 5/31 – no work, just play! StreamWatch potluck!
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