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The stream monitoring program is designed to measure the health of
streams by identifying the species and numbers of macro-invertebrates
found at selected sites in the streams. Initially, each
participating school is given
$1000 worth of equipment and funds to carry out their sampling program.
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TEN high schools
were selected to participate in Michigan's stream monitoring program
during 2002-2003.
Each year, additional high schools are selected to participate in the program.
2003-2004...Click
Here to view the list of participating High Schools, the
partnering teacher, the partnering Lake Association, and the Lake
Association representative.
Money for the project is provided
by the Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation and Toshiba America Foundation. |
In addition to providing miscellaneous
training materials, each high school is given the following types
of equipment to carry out their sampling
programs:
Upon completion of the program, the
MLSA turns the equipment over to the participating high school in the
hope and expectation that the school will continue watershed monitoring in
the local area.
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appointed Jeff Kalember,
a science teacher from Gaylord High School, to
coordinate the stream monitoring program with the high schools and
lake associations participating in the project.
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Jeff's first step was to
set up a training program to teach project partipants about stream
sampling. The training was held on September 17, 2002 at Gaylord
High School . Twenty-seven people
representing the high schools, cooperating lake associations, and
other interested parties attended the six-hour session. As part of the
training, participants took a field trip to the upper stretch of the
Manistee River where they collected and identified macro-invertebrate
samples from the river.
Pictures from the
September 17, 2002 training class.
  
Below are some of the "bugs"
that were collected from the upper stretch of the
Manistee River during the September 17, 2002 training
class.
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Dragonfly Nymph |
Stonefly
Nymph |
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Click Here
to download a copy of Jeff Kalember's River Bioassessment and
Monitoring Program Manual
(Microsoft
Word format-162 KB) |
Click Here
to download a copy of the teacher's manual that Jeff Kalember
developed for the Michigan Lake and Stream--Stream Monitoring Program
(pdf format) |
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Click Here to
download a copy of Jeff Kalember's "Bug Book" with pictures and
information to identify macro invertebrates collected during stream
studies (Microsoft Word format-14183
KB) |
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Click Here
to view a map showing Michigan's Watersheds--map published by the MDNR |
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updated
November 09, 2005 |
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