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First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Arcola

Environmental groups moving to restore Arcola Creek Watershed

An action plan recently approved by the Ohio EPA and Ohio Department of Natural Resources is guiding public officials and property owners on ways to restore the Arcola Creek Watershed.Like other watersheds, the one from Arcola Creek is a network of shallow ... [Published Cleveland News-Herald - May 23 2013]

Entities: Arcola, Watershed, Watershed, Inc.

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Students present data at first Watershed Summit

Nicole Grulke - News Staff Writer , The Alpena NewsSave | Post a comment |ALPENA - Students from all around Northeast Michigan gathered at Alpena Community College on Tuesday to participate in the first ever Northeast Michigan Youth Watershed Summit. ... [Published Alpena News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Watershed, Inc., Watershed, Au Gres (United States), Oscoda (United States), Rogers City (United States)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Carleton College

Wading in the water with John Kent

If there were a heart carved into a beech tree with John Kents name, it might read John loves New Hope Creek. Every month for the past 23 years, John has dipped his monitoring equipment into her waters to test their health dissolved oxygen, turbidity ... [Published Chapel Hill News - May 22 2013]

Entities: New Hope Corporation Ltd, Nitrogen, Macroinvertebrates, Judy Smith, Carleton College

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Students learn about water issues through hands-on approach

Industry News - Source : Moscow-Pullman Daily News (ID)Date : 2013-05-18May 18--Most third-grade students can't spell "macroinvertebrates," but a group of them sure learned about the water-dwelling creatures and other moist topics Friday at the Palouse-Clearwater ... [Published Water Environment Federation - May 18 2013]

Entities: Macroinvertebrates, Water Conservation, Moscow

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Huff Run reclamation provides lesson for youngsters

With a hit of the generator, Chad Kinney began to scoop up the fish. There weren?t as many as he hoped this time, with the tiny fish wriggling away, but he made his point.Kinney was using the fish shock to demonstrate how many species of fish and macroinvertebrates ... [Published New Philadelphia Times-Reporter - May 18 2013]

Entities: Watershed, Inc., Species, Acid, Macroinvertebrates, Ohio Department of Natural Resources

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Coal mining and stream insects: Researchers explore the TDS connection

The rubble left behind after a Central Appalachian mining operation scrapes or blasts its way to a coal seam isn’t as inert as it looks.Around a decade of research has increasingly associated compounds that leach away from the freshly exposed rocks with ... [Published Environmental Monitor - May 17 2013]

Entities: Insect, Dissolved Solids, Coal Mining

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Kicknetting Time Again

Location: 1820 McLaughlin Run Rd, Upper St Clair, PA 15241 When:May 18, 2013 / May 19, 2013Time: 1:00 pm–3:00 pmhttp://www.usccls.org/Saturday, May 18th, 1 PM to3 PM – Community Day at 3-hole Golf Course near the tennis courtsSunday, May 19th, 1 PM to ... [Published Upper St. Clair Patch - May 16 2013]

Entities: Macroinvertebrates, All About Inc, Water Pollution

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Outdoors classroom

Recognizing the challenges that school districts face in funding field trips for science classes, The Lands Council solicits sponsorship funding from business partners to help students get outside to learn about the environment.TLC is a Spokane-based ... [Published CDA Press - May 16 2013]

Entities: data collection, Education, Macroinvertebrates

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Free Volunteer Stream Monitoring Training, June 1, 2013, Hillsborough, NJ

Location: 1112 Dukes Pkwy W, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 When:June 1, 2013Time: 12:00 pm–3:00 pmGet your feet wet in this hand's on training event at the beautiful Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ. You will learn how to conduct a biological assessment by collecting ... [Published Bridgewater Patch - May 10 2013]

Entities: Macroinvertebrates, Ecosystem

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

HHRS Hands-On Environmental Science

Ms. Erin Johnson, the Watershed Ambassador for Monmouth County presented an Earth Day program on Macroinvertebrates to the 11th and 12th grade Advanced Placement Environmental Science class at Henry Hudson Regional School. This included hands-on classification ... [Published Atlantic Highlands Herald - May 09 2013]

Entities: Environmental Science, Thomas Hayden, Erin Johnson, Macroinvertebrates, Henry Hudson

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

DOWNRIVER: Area students to bug out with the bottom dwellers

Healthy rivers are a smorgasbord of bugs and insects.In fact, an excellent indicator that a river is healthy and relatively free of pollution is the types and numbers of macroinvertebrates living in it.Enter benthic monitoring. Or bug hunting, in layman ... [Published Heritage News-Herald - May 02 2013]

Entities: Insect, Macroinvertebrates, Benthic

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

WaterQuality app makes tracking data easy and educational

A new mobile application for use on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices is changing the way water monitoring data is cataloged.The app, called WaterQuality, is the result of a collaboration between Northern Kentucky University and the Foundation for Ohio ... [Published Environmental Monitor - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Macroinvertebrates, Education, Northern Kentucky University, Coliform, Species

Quotes

...of biodiversity is succinctly stated at the Carnegie Mellon website's section on "Environmental Decision Making, Science, and Technology": "... ecosystems evolved over thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, and are therefore in delicate balance, with each species playing a vital role." Balance is a critical concept when thinking of ecosystems...

What Is the Function of Biodiversity? [Published Opposing Views - May 23 2013]

"The students are all across different grades," Sarah Waters, sanctuary education coordinator, said. "The younger ones are starting with little stuff, and the older ones have progressed, but the great thing is the questions the students ask each other. Instead of having adults talk at them, it's much more engaging for the kids to present, and maybe they feel more comfortable asking the kids questions rather than the adults."

Students present data at first Watershed Summit [Published Alpena News - May 22 2013]

"It's very well-rounded," said Heather Huston, PCEI education outreach coordinator. "We're covering water conservation and the importance of that in this particular region, so it's very place-based. The macroinvertebrates are very personal. Kids really get excited about animals and insects and water creatures, so they get to do exploration with that station. We try to integrate games so everything is building on everything else."

Students learn about water issues through hands-on approach [Published Water Environment Federation - May 18 2013]

"The study of living organisms measures the real impact of human activities on nature. Our activities, especially wastewater treatment, have a direct impact on the ecological health of rivers, since the water we treat is discharged into rivers and streams. At every site we operate, we comply scrupulously with regulations and are stepping up the number of biological measurements to assess vulnerable streams."

VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT : Veolia Water Partners with Sport Fishermen [Published 4 Traders - May 17 2013]

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Environmental groups moving to restore Arcola C... [Published Cleveland News-Herald - May 23 2013]
What Is the Function of Biodiversity? [Published Opposing Views - May 23 2013]
Students present data at first Watershed Summit [Published Alpena News - May 22 2013]
Wading in the water with John Kent [Published Chapel Hill News - May 22 2013]
Students learn about water issues through hands... [Published Water Environment Federation - May 18 2013]
Huff Run reclamation provides lesson for youngs... [Published New Philadelphia Times-Reporter - May 18 2013]
Coal mining and stream insects: Researchers exp... [Published Environmental Monitor - May 17 2013]
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT : Veolia Water Partners wi... [Published 4 Traders - May 17 2013]
Kicknetting Time Again [Published Upper St. Clair Patch - May 16 2013]
Running right: Are mountaintop removal concerns... [Published Charleston Gazette - May 16 2013]
Outdoors classroom [Published CDA Press - May 16 2013]
‘Remember it forever’ [Published Daily Sparks Tribune - May 16 2013]
Clawson students help monitor health of Rouge R... [Published Oakland Press - May 14 2013]
Wallenpaupack students win the 2013 Pike/Wayne ... [Published NEagle.com - May 13 2013]
Climate change forum in Basking Ridge will focu... [Published New Jersey Online - May 11 2013]
Free Volunteer Stream Monitoring Training, June... [Published Bridgewater Patch - May 10 2013]
HHRS Hands-On Environmental Science [Published Atlantic Highlands Herald - May 09 2013]
Wetland preservation lesson sinks in [Published NWI Times - May 05 2013]
DOWNRIVER: Area students to bug out with the bo... [Published Heritage News-Herald - May 02 2013]
It's the Last Day at Springbrook Nature Center ... [Published Fridley Patch - Apr 30 2013]
WaterQuality app makes tracking data easy and e... [Published Environmental Monitor - Apr 30 2013]
Burning for grouse alters upland stream ecology [Published Planet Earth Online - Apr 30 2013]
Belleville Eighth Graders Study Passaic River [Published Belleville Patch - Apr 30 2013]
Environmental students certified as water monitors [Published Shore News Today - Apr 28 2013]
Watershed gets care at eco fair [Published Columbian.com - Apr 21 2013]
Science camp upcoming [Published Portsmouth Daily Times - Apr 20 2013]
NKU Research Foundation grant expands NKU envir... [Published Soapbox Media - Apr 16 2013]
Food Web Structure in a Harsh Glacier-Fed River [Published Elites TV - Apr 16 2013]
Studying the potential of aquatic macroinverteb... [Published ORNL Review - Apr 16 2013]
MGB go-signal to Philex: baseless, ... [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 15 2013]