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Two women monitor a stream for benthic macroinvertebrates. One is standing and holding a net. The other is kneeling and rubbing rocks in front of the net. Both are wearing big yellow boots.

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  • Equipping our Community Scientists to Monitor Streams

    Equipping our Community Scientists to Monitor Streams

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    Gregg Trilling
    Conservation Outreach Manager

    Nature Forward received a grant from the Society for Biodiversity Preservation (SBP) in January 2022 to purchase equipment for use by our volunteers who monitor streams in the Washington, DC Metro region. Our Water Quality Monitoring (WQM) community science program, which has been  running for 30 years, helps fill data gaps in the freshwater stream… Read more

  • Find Older Conservation Blog Posts

    Find Older Conservation Blog Posts

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    Eliza Cava
    Director of Conservation

    Conservation Blog posts prior to November, 2022 can be found at our old URL: http://conservationblog.anshome.org/. Please visit us there to read more great content on our work! Read more

  • Why water quality monitoring speaks to me

    Why water quality monitoring speaks to me

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    Gregg Trilling
    Conservation Outreach Manager

    By Pete Yarrington, long-time WQM volunteer Editor’s note: This article was adapted from Pete Yarrington’s testimony at the May 17, 2001 Nature Forward (then Audubon Naturalist Society) presentation to the Montgomery County Planning Board. This article was originally published in the September, 2001 Naturalist Quarterly publication. ANS water quality monitoring site #29 is located on… Read more

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