KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 15, 2022 \u2013 We\u2019re not all professional botanists or ecologists, but we all can be citizen scientists with the help of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Watershed Watch Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founded in 1987 and now in its 35th year, Watershed Watch is designed to provide information on surface water quality of lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams and the marine environment throughout Rhode Island and southern New England. To achieve this, Watershed Watch relies strongly on volunteers to monitor these sites and collect data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watershed Watch, sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Cooperative Extension, is recruiting new volunteers to serve as site monitors. No experience is required, but volunteers are asked to have one to two hours a week available at a time convenient for them to dedicate towards monitoring. The monitoring season begins in May and ends mid-October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Program Director Elizabeth Herron, the program is open to as many volunteers as there are people interested. She estimates that 350 volunteers will return to monitor again this year, overseeing some 220 sites throughout Rhode Island, southern Connecticut and Massachusetts. Herron is specifically looking to recruit additional volunteers for Gorton Pond and Sand Pond in Warwick as well as other sites across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHaving monitoring information enables our local communities to develop good policies, pass good ordinances, install remediation efforts, and do whatever it takes to be able to protect and restore our watersheds and coastal environment,\u201d Herron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n