Staff Gage Project- In 2010, WAAC invited members to participate in a training at Strawberry Nature Preserve to learn how to measure stream flows through staff gage monitoring. After the training, the volunteers began setting up staff gages and starting taking the periodic measurements needed. The purppose of this program is to gather low flow data around the Adams County. If you are interested in monitoring the low flow in your stream, please contact WAAC to see how you can help.
Real-time Stream Gage Project- The Watershed Alliance of Adams County received funding from the PA Department of Environmental Protection's Growing Greener Prgram and PA Department of Community and Economic Development to install, operate and maintain a conituous real-time stream gage on the Conewago Creek near East Berlin. The stream gage collects data on stream height and discharge in cubic feet per second (cfs). Data collected can be used inthe development of a water budget for the Conewago Creek Watershed and any future water studies.
Middle Creek Assessment Project- The Watershed Alliance of Adams County in partnership with Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve and Adams County Trout Unlimited received a Coldwater Heritage Partnership Grant from the PA Department of Conservation of Natural Resources for a study focused on the Middle Creek Watershed. The study will document existing conditions by collecting information on habitat through visual surveys, water quality through chemical testing and aquatic macroinvertebrate (insect) identification, as well as performing a survey of existing fish population.
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