Stream Explorers Training

When: Thursday, May 11, 5-7 pm
Where: Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Rd., Holden

Maine Audubon, the Department of Environmental Protection, and partners have teamed up to recruit educators who can help their students survey large aquatic insects (macroinvertebrates) to evaluate stream health.

We’re offering an IN PERSON training at Fields Pond Audubon Center. The training session will focus on how to help your community group or students find and identify “Least Wanted and Most Wanted” aquatic insects that are indicators of stream health. We will go over materials developed specifically for educators and students by DEP and partner organizations and provide logistical information on how the program works. Data collected through this program is submitted to DEP and acts as a screening tool; the data is tremendously valuable for prioritizing where to focus DEP’s more in-depth surveys.

Please note you are registering for an IN PERSON training at Fields Pond. Due to capacity, there are a limited number of spaces available. If you are unable to sign up, please email conserve@maineaudubon.org to be placed on the waitlist. Unable to make it in person? Don’t worry, you can still get involved! Recording of our online training is available at https://maineaudubon.org/projects/stream-explorers/stream-explorers-for-educators/.

Maine Audubon will provide contact hours certificates to all attendees.

Questions? Email David Lamon, Fields Pond Manager, dlamon@maineaudubon.org.