If
you or the club or organization you belong to are interesting
in helping our environment, consider joining with the Stream Teams
for one of our events.
Adopt
- A - Waterway
The
newest of our programs, the Stream Team Adopt-A-Waterway is
coordinated with the Wayne County Department of the Environment
Watershed Management Division. Volunteers receive training
in how to use Benthic monitoring to monitor the health of
the watershed. The types and numbers of benthic macro invertebrates
found are used to assess water quality over time. Each team
of volunteers samples two sites under the direction of a trained
leader. The first training session will take place August
16th for the fall kick off. From there sampling is done in
the fall and spring with results coordinated through the Stream
Teams. Call Mr. Bruce Szczechowski or Mr. John Nasarzewski
at 734-246-4611 for more info or email stream team.
Here
are the Stream Team areas of operation. If you live in one
of the areas in the Watershed Boundary and are interested
helping out, contact us. Select the map for a larger image.
It will let you know what watershed you are in.
Easy
to join -- Level one
There
are two other programs of student interest. The first is the
most popular and easiest. Simply, for one of the Stream Team
events during the year, contact us and let us know your group
of organization will be attending. This will allow us to get
your group's information and have the name placed on our tee
shirts for one year. That is all there is.
Click here for a list of past participants. (.doc file)
Sponsorship
-- Level two
Of
course, some other groups and organizations wish to do more.
For these groups and organizations, we ask for a donation to
help us further our work. The size of the donation is up to
your organization (schools have donated from $50 - 500 in the
past). What we offer in return is the usage of all of our equipment
for projects which you may be considering delivered to your
school! So, besides helping the Stream Teams, you get to use
the following:
| shovels |
7 dozen |
| rakes |
7 dozen |
| wheelbarrows |
12 ct. |
| misc hand tools |
5 dozen |
The
advantage is that you don't have to store this large amount
of equipment for your project. There is no minimum amount, just
do what your group can afford. Current school sponsorships include:
- Ecorse
High School
- Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel Schools
- Riverview
Memorial Elementary School
- Southgate
Anderson High School
Other
Options -- Water Monitoring
Maybe
your organization is interesting in something even more challenging.
The Stream Teams are also looking for interested groups to participate
in our water testing program. We ask for $250 to help run the
program and provide the kits and equipment you need. If funding
is a problem, we will help you to secure funding for the project,
so there may be no out of pocket expenses. We just ask that
you would commit to testing at least twice yearly for different
environmental parameters, depending on your interest or age
group. There is no paperwork, just verbal agreements. See the
Water
Testing Program link for more details.
