Thanks to the generous support of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Friends of Oakdale Lake and the Columbia Land Conservancy are once again able to test and evaluate the water in Oakdale Lake this summer.
The testing will be done by "citizen scientists," volunteers from the community, and overseen by Vanessa Baehr, volunteer coordinator, master gardener, and Oakdale expert, and by ecologists from Great Ecology.
Everyone interested in becoming a citizen scientist can do so on Saturday, June 10, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Volunteers will learn how to use a secchi disk to evaluate water clarity, how to capture water lower in the water column, how to test pH, what benthic invertebrates are found in the lake, and more. The event is appropriate for all ages, and there will be snacks.
No comments:
Post a Comment