WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE STREAM RESTORATION, FEATURING SHELLY CREEK: “The District of North Vancouver purchased state-of-the-art equipment and trained 10 volunteers who conduct water quality sampling close to their neighbourhood,” states Richard Boase, one of three instructors for the field part of the ‘Dave Derrick workshop’

NOTE TO READER:

At the Workshop on Sustainable Stream Restoration, held as part of the Parksville 2019 Symposium, Richard Boase is a member of the team of three instructors who will demonstrate and provide hands-on training for stream investigation (Dave Derrick), flow measurement (Neil Goeller), and water quality sampling (Richard Boase).

Grass-Roots Program for Water Quality Sampling by Streamkeeper Volunteers in Local Creeksheds

“In Metro Vancouver, groups such as the North Shore Streamkeepers (NSSK) are making a difference. NSSK collaboration with the District of North Vancouver underpins a water quality monitoring program. The District purchased state-of-the-art equipment and trained 10 volunteers who conduct sampling close to their neighbourhood,” states Richard Boase, Section Manager for Environmental Sustainability (Operations) at the District of North Vancouver.

“In the field part of the Dave Derrick workshop, when we are on-site at Shelly Creek, we will have the District’s YSI EXO multi probe on hand to demonstrate how to collect water quality data. We would then let attendees try the equipment while we talk about how we train North Shore Streamkeeper volunteers to monitor water quality in streams.”

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Download PROGRAM AND AGENDA DETAILS FOR DAVE DERRICK WORKSHOP.

Water Quality Monitoring in a North Vancouver creek