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Volunteer Creek Monitoring Program
Volunteers are active in collecting baseline data on creeks and watersheds. The Bioassessment and GPS Creek surveys produce data that are useful to a variety of groups - from resource managers to community organizations. Join us in monitoring and surveying your local creek!
The Contra Costa Watershed Forum has joined forces with the Contra Costa Clean Water Program to monitor and assess watersheds and creek conditions. There are three components to the CCWF Volunteer Creek Monitoring Program: 1) Bioassessment Surveys, 2) GPS Creek Surveys and 3) Assistance and Resource Center.
Monitoring Programs
The information gathered by volunteers is used for a variety of purposes:
- to assess the current conditions of Contra Costa County streams
- to compare stream health to state water quality standards
- to calculate water quality and biological integrity indices
- to serve as a baseline for comparison in future studies
Data Center
The data gathered through the program are available for use in various projects (click for more information):- GIS-based studies of biological condition of local creeks and watersheds
- research based on comparing GIS and biological data
- maps integrating spatial and biological data
- individual research studies
- link to all GIS data, invertebrate data, charts, and photos produced by the program [please insert link when available]
All data requests should be made directly to Michelle via michelle.luebke@dcd.cccounty.us.