Stream Teams are made up of community scientists who are passionate about water quality in Otsego County. Residents adopt a site, collect water samples, and process labs at home once per month.
*Currently recruiting volunteers to monitor the Susquehanna in Cooperstown, and a helping hand at Hinman Hollow Brook in Milford.
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Stream Team volunteers collectively monitor over a dozen stream sites that are a part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Once a month, our community of volunteers gather at their designated stream sites, report on environmental conditions, collect water quality samples, and log data. The water doesn’t stop flowing, and neither do our volunteers. Stream Teams operate year-round.
The data collected by these engaged residents is uploaded to the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative where it can be accessed by scientists, land/watershed managers, and used locally to inform stream restoration projects.
All Stream Team volunteers are required to do a brief training prior to getting started. Our stream volunteers use the water quality monitoring protocols from Dickinson College’s Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM). In addition to ALLARM’s protocol, our volunteers also test for chloride to support OCCA’s Salt Watch Road and Driveway Salt Education Program.
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2025 Calendar
June 19 - June 23
July 5 - July 9
*extra water sample required for quality control
**Data interpretation Workshop July 9- 6-9pm
Aug 21 - Aug 25
Sep 18 - Sept 22
Oct 16 - Oct 20
Nov 20 - 24
Dec 18 - Dec 22
Stream Monitoring Manual
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