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Citizen Scientist / Stream Keepers
Training Opportunities MARCH 14 2020 (Ryan) Abington Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour 1000 Fitzwatertown Rd, Roslyn, PA 19001 12:00pm - 2:00pm MARCH 28 2020 (Kevin) Save Our Streams Training Macroinvertebrate monitoring and analysis - Izaak Walton League Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust (2955 Edge Hill Rd, Huntingdon Valley) 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM APRIL 2020 (Ryan) Algae Location/Time TBD MAY 16 2020- Meghan Kayak trip on the Poquessing and Delaware Glen Foerd on the Delaware (5001 Grant Avenue, Philadelphia 19114) 9-11:30am* Raindate: June 13; ~8-10:30am* Kayaks and gear provided for up to 24 people * timing of trip meeting/departure to work around high tide JUNE 20, 2020 Invasive Species Training Darby Creek Valley Association Haverford CREC 9000 Parkview Rd. Haverford 8 am-12 noon JULY 2020 (Lindsay) Dissolved Oxygen Location/Time TBD AUGUST 2020 (Lindsay) Habitat Assessments Location/Time TBD SEPTEMBER 12, 2020 Citizen Science monitoring protocols refresher Darby Creek Valley Association Haverford CREC 9000 Parkview Rd. Haverford 8 am-12 noon OCTOBER 2020 (Kevin) Stroud Tour? Location/Time TBD NOVEMBER 2020 - Meghan? Or Kevin. Plus Temple U Data presentation Winter Salt Watch? Location/Time TBD |
Darby Creek Valley Association is proud to be part of the Delaware River Waters hed Initiative,in effort to protect and restore the Delaware River watershed led by the William Penn Foundation. Working with our partner watershed organizations in the Philadelphia suburbs, our citizen scientists conduct water quality monitoring efforts at numerous sites throughout the Darby Creek watershed.The primary goal of this monitoring is to measure the impact of stream restoration projects that are underway in the watershed. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University leads this effort with the help of Temple University and the Villanova University. Each month, our team of committed citizen scientists gather valuable data throughout the watershed. The Citizen Scientist are the eyes and ears of the creek, venturing out to take photos and complete monitoring forms. With dozens of miles of streams in the suburban part of the Darby Creek watershed, this monitoring would be impossible without our Citizen Scientist commitment. Our volunteers care about the creek! To learn more contact Sue at suedcva@gmail.com
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Monitoring
Darby Creek Valley Association has been conducting quality water monitoring throughout the Darby Creek Watershed since 2003 and Cobbs Creek, Darby Creek’s largest tributary, since 2014.
DCVA monitors 5 sites on the Darby Creek and 13 on Cobbs Creek for- (Darby Creek riparian habitat conditions, temperature and macroinvertebrates) - (Cobbs Creek - riparian habitat, macroinvertebrates, chloride, nitrogen, phosphorus, pH, conductivity, turbidity, salinity.)
In 2014 we joined the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI) and partnered with Stroud in 2017, to install, maintain and monitor an Enviro-DIY meter on an unnamed tributary to Cobbs Creek. The Enviro-DIY monitoring station measures conductivity, turbidity, temperature and water depth and those data (beginning on November 27, 2017) are uploaded auto-matically every five-minutes. See link below.
Derron LaBrake, one of our Board members, works extensive with Villanova and Temple Universities on a variety of stormwater related research, he even co-authored a research paper with Villanova in 2016. Mr. LaBrake also collaborated on a research project with the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University in 2015 and 2016, that was assessing the potential impacts associated with a non-indigenous invasive plant that is taking over the riparian habitat throughout the region.
Our initial results are that both Creeks are impaired due to urban stormwater runoff. And unless, and until we get our urban stormwater runoff under control they will remain the creeks will remain the same, as a place that should be avoided when it rains.
