The October 18 Youth Watershed Summit on World Water Monitoring Day was a great success, with young people and their parents sampling the water for pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen and clarity; examining the aquatic biota; analyzing tree rings and learning about the impact of tree canopy on water quality and participating in Enviroscape.
The event was enhanced by the presentation by Councilman Huja who acknowledged and signed (for Mayor Dave Norris) the World Water Monitoring Day Partnership Proclamation between Hsin Chu City, Taiwan and The City of Charlottesville. (see related article) Councilwoman Holly Edwards and her three daughters were also on hand to evaluate the health of Meadow Creek.
Thank you all so very much for helping to make the Youth Watershed Summit on World Water Monitoring Day a success. It was a beautiful day and in addition to the student participants and their parents, we were delighted by the interest of the many passersby who had lots of questions about the Meadow Creek Restoration Project.
RCS and its partners – The City of Charlottesville, The Nature Conservancy, The Ivy Creek Foundation, with the support of the counties of Albemarle and Fluvanna. And, the event could not have been possible without the tireless efforts of Kristel Riddervold and Dan Frisbee (City of Charlottesville) Diane Frisbee (The Nature Conservancy) and Karen Joyner (Ivy Creek Foundation. We are also very appreciative of the participation of our friends at the VA Department of Environmental Quality James Beckley and Stewart
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Our wonderful facilitators and volunteers brought the energy so critical to assuring that the young and the not so young ones had fun and learned a lot in the process.
1. Biological Water Monitoring – Leaders: Diane Frisbee, The Nature Conservancy, Karen Joyner, Ivy Creek Foundation and Mr. Dish
2. Chemical Water Monitoring - Leader: Tanner Council, Rivanna Conservation Society
3. Tree Ring Analysis: Leaders – Kristel Riddervold, City of Charlottesville and Nelson Shaw, State Forester
4. Scavenger Hunt and environmental art - Leader: James Yates, Virginia Museum of Fine Art
5. Enviroscape – Leaders: James Beckley and Stewart Torbeck, VA Department of Environmental Quality
6. Registration: Laurie Miller, Lauren Laskey and Athman Adiseshan
7. Coordination and Facilitation – Robbi Savage and Derek Fiske
NBC News Coverage
http://www.nbc29.com/global/story.asp?s=9200116
CBS News Coverage
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/31238754.html
Photo Gallery Complements of Michael Davis
