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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2008
Contact:
Ann Marie Finan, Stream Team coordinator, 357-2491
Stream Team
needs help finding stream bugs
OLYMPIA
– Stream Team is seeking volunteers to help monitor local streams for
benthic macroinvertebrates, or “stream bugs.” Stream bugs provide valuable
information about water quality and the biological health of streams. They are
also fun to collect and examine.
Volunteers are invited to attend one of two training
sessions on either July 8 or July 17. Each session will be held from 6:30 p.m.
to 9 p.m. in the A/B room on the second floor of the Thurston County Roads and
Transportation
Building
,
2404 Heritage Court
in
Olympia
.
The training will cover the rationale for
biological monitoring, the sampling protocol, and local data.
Trained volunteers will then sign up for one or more summer monitoring
days. Registration is required. To
register, call Ann Marie Finan at 754-3355, ext. 6857.
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