Los Altos World Water Monitoring

Heritage Oaks Park, Los Altos 3/16/2013 10:00:00 AM Permanente Creek World Monitoring Event. March 16 10am-noon, Heritage Oaks Park. FREE but registration required. Come learn more about the watershed in which you live, how watersheds work, and what you can do to protect important creek habitat. Who: This is a great activity for young families, students looking for volunteer hours, and community members who are just plain curious about their local creek. Volunteers of all ages are welcome, but minors under 18 require a signed waiver and those under high school age require an accompanying adult unless prior approval is obtained. Preregistration is required. What: Volunteers are invited to come help us determine the quality of water in Permanente Creek with monitoring activities which are easy and fun to carry out. Even the youngest volunteers will enjoy performing tests with our color-changing indicator kits.Participants will also have the opportunity to do a bit of biomonitoring by looking at which aquatic bugs live in this part of the creek - finding too many pollution tolerant bugs could mean a pollution problem. Monitoring results will be shared with communities around the world which are holding their own World Water Monitoring Challenge events. When: Saturday, March 16, 10:00 am to noon. Where: Heritage Oaks Park, 1300 McKenzie Ave, Los Altos, CA 94024 Bring: Volunteers under the age of 18 must bring a signed waiver. Please wear comfy shoes. Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5456320000# For more information or to sign up larger groups, please contact water@greentownlosaltos.org or joannem@acterra.org. Sponsored by Acterra, Action for a Healthy Planet GreenTown Los Altos