Jan adds:
If you do not have a test kit, get out the aquarium thermometers and pH
droppers, and make yourself a Secchi disc (
http://dipin.kent.edu/makedisk.htm ). There's plenty of time. The deadline
for data collection is 27 Oct, and for data entry is 15 Nov.
Martin Moore (MS Regional Rep), Tyler Strange (LA), and I went out last
weekend and sampled streams of the Bayou Pierre drainage in Mississippi. We
recorded the data necessary in just a few minutes and then spent hours
collecting fish. We saw beautiful bluntface shiners, silverjaw minnows,
least madtoms, and several specimens of the endemic, endangered bayou
darter. A trip report will be forthcoming (hopefully) as part of the
upcoming AC article on NANFA and the Year of Clean Water.
A few tips:
1. Find out if your streams is running high, medium, or low by accessing
the gage data. We had planned to sample the Strong River but it was was
running 10 X higher than average so we shifted localities to a different
basin. You can locate stage data here: http://www.epa.gov/surf/
2. Be sure to record air temperature and land use (rural, forested, urban,
etc.) along with your water quality data.
3. If you hve one, take a GPS unit out to confirm your coordinates.
Now go out and get those data, and see those fishes.
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