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Stream Monitoring - Phase 2
On a cold Saturday last December, 2007 the hardy volunteer stream monitors found their way to nine sites along the 28 mile stretch of Buffalo Creek and made the first stream test of Phase 2. Stream testing will be now be done quarterly. Some Phase 1 sites were retained and some new sites were added (see chart and map below). Site selection was based on the goals of the revised monitoring plan and on two major impacts to Buffalo Creek (acid deposition and agricultural runoff.) Near the headwaters of Buffalo Creek BCWA is constructing a passive treatment wetlands in an attempt to mitigate the acid deposition problem that has drastically reduced the aquatic life in the first five miles of the stream. Three stream sites will be tested near this treatment basin: one above the basin intake, one below the basin output, and another 1.3 miles downstream of the basin output after Buffalo Creek has wandered through some dense growth - before entering 'The Gooseneck'. Five more sites will be tested along the main stem as Buffalo Creek flows toward the Susquehanna. One site will sample the waters of a tributary, Coal Run. Braving the winter weather and the summer heat our volunteers will perform their stream tests and they will collect a one-liter sample which will be tested in a (Bucknell U) biology lab at a later time. This newly-implemented lab testing has reduced the amount of effort and time needed by our volunteers at the stream site. The lab testing will also provide us with more detailed analysis than during Phase 1 stream testing. Download stream test data here. Phase 2 stream test data from December, 2007 to April, 2010 Stream Monitoring Sites and Volunteers
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