| Thanks to everyone who tuned into the webinar about the latest Water Quality Monitoring Report. You can access the report from the SMLA website.
We are currently completing training sessions at 20 dock locations for our Dock Watch Program and will begin sampling mid-April. https://smlassociation.org/dock-watch-program/
Our 40 Save our Streams volunteers are co-sponsored by SMLA and the Blue Ridge Foothills and Lakes chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists. We have seven fully certified trainers, the largest cluster of instructors in the western part of Virginia. We to hold a certification workshop every year for our own trainees plus volunteers from the New River Valley Master Naturalists and the Preserve Grayson naturalists.
The most recent event was held on March 16. The trainees completed the testing portion of their certification program by passing both hands-on and written exams on water testing protocol and macroinvertebrate identification. Ten new certified monitors successfully completed all aspects of the training, including Carolyn Briggs of Huddleston and Nancy Galvan of Moneta. Carolyn and Nancy are assigned to stream monitoring teams at Buck Run at SML State Park and both Craddock Creek and Mariners Run at Mariners Landing.
Veteran trainer Jean Borgman discusses riffle sites in the stream bed with two trainees from the New River Valley
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