BIBI Sampling

StreamKeepers of Lake Forest Park

  

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In the News:

LFP Website: State of our Streams (Part 2) Jan 2006
LFP Website: State of our Streams (Part 1) Dec 2005
Stream monitoring is a great activity for anyone interested in the health of our streams. This is a great opportunity for students to get community service hours and have fun doing it. 
 
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Recent Events

Saturday, July 24, 2010 9AM: Basic Water Quality Monitoring

* Note date change: Changed from third Saturday to fourth Saturday for this month.
 
We maintain a twice yearly testing schedule for basic quality  monitoring: typically the third Saturday in January and the third Saturday in July.  Please join us at the lower level of the Lake Forest Park Town Center mall at 9:00. We are usually done by 11:00. All are welcome!

September/October 2010: BIBI Monitoring Event

StreamKeepers will conduct its annual inventory of insects in McAleer and Lyon Creeks on one Saturday in late September or early October 2010. Insect collection will be done in teams, and training will be provided. This activity consists of collecting aquatic insects and other small organisms from small areas of the stream beds in several locations. The samples collected will be analyzed by a trained entomologist, with results available in several weeks. We follow a process developed by a UW professor, which is technically known as BIBI (Benthic Inventory of Biologic Integrity).
 
This inventory is perhaps the most important stream monitoring activity we do, as it gives a basic assessment of overall stream health that can be compared with other streams in Western Washington. It is also the most fun, and a good way to become "intimately" familiar with our streams. Anyone interested in helping is most welcome to join us! Please contact Mark Phillips (msphillips1 (at) comcast.net or 206-388-7284) for information about our meeting location. 

 
About Us
The Lake Forest Park StreamKeepers is a group of volunteers who keep an eye on stream quality and help educate on proper care to ensure continuing health and improvement to the quality of the streams within the City and McAleer/Lyon creek watershed in Lake Forest Park, Washington. We conduct regular stream testing, including chemical, fecal coliform, and biological integrity (BIBI).

Join Us: If you would like to get involved beyond water testing, there are 5 or 6 of us, the "Steering Committee", who meet with some regularity to discuss StreamKeeper goals and plan activities. We could use your help. Email one of the contacts for more information.
 
Updated 2/19/2010