Just what is the quality of water in Stevens Creek? Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to help us find out in three special events taking place along the creek during October. The monitoring activities are easy and fun to carry out. Even the youngest volunteers will enjoy performing tests with our color-changing indicator kits. Participants will also have the opportunity to do a bit of biomonitoring by looking at which aquatic bugs live in their part of the creek - finding too many pollution tolerant bugs could mean a pollution problem. Monitoring results will be shared with communities around the world which are holding their own World Water Monitoring Day events.

This is a great activity for young families, students looking for volunteer hours, and community members who are just plain curious about their local creek. And through the generosity of local merchants, each participant can enter a free drawing with cool prizes. Come learn more about the watershed in which you live, how watersheds work, and what you can do to protect important creek habitat.

For more information or to register to be a volunteer, please contact: Joanne McFarlin