Want to have a positive impact on your
environment? Follow the lead of concerned
citizens in the county and become a volunteer
to help preserve our natural resources! No
specific skills are required; all you need is the
desire to protect our watershed and a
willingness to learn and perform simple
monitoring techniques. Be a citizen monitor to
keep yourself in tune with the health of our
environment, educate yourself about the
plants and animals in our watershed, help
pinpoint pollution sources and identify
widespread problems before they occur in our
community.
The El Dorado County and Georgetown Divide
Resource Conservation District and the America
River Conservancy have provided equipment
and training to volunteer monitors and in turn,
monitors will collect information to assist in
the ongoing monitoring of recreational and
commercial activities in the Traverse Creek watershed.
New volunteers always welcome!
Community members and businesses can support the Traverse Creek citizen
monitoring program by contributing:
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Your time and enthusiasm
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Your knowledge of birds, bugs, fish or plants
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Funding or;
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In-kind technical services, such as laboratory analyses, computer skills,
or taxonomic identification.
There is no limit to your contribution: be a water quality monitor, bug counter and
sorter, participate in stream cleanups and stream bank restoration and help keep
our water clean!
This is a great 4-H project, a way to earn Boy or Girl Scout badges, Leadership
requirement for community service or just to learn more about your environment.
Adults, families, high school or middle school students are welcome! Younger
children must be well supervised.
For more information contact Susan Whittington at swhittington@bomusd.org.