Stream team provides a valuable service to the communities in north central Arkansas by monitoring streams within the White River watershed. The monitoring provides the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission the data necessary to establish trends used to determine changes in stream health and the need to investigate potential pollution sources upstream.
Team members check both:
- the quality of the water, by using various chemicals to determine oxygen, nitrogen and phosphate levels, and
- the health of the stream, by collecting, identifying and counting the small creatures living in the stream (macro-invertebrates).
The team looks forward to meeting once a month at different stream-side locations. Please join the team as we enjoy splashing in the water and seeing what interesting creatures can be found and/or enjoy staying out of the water by playing chemist with the stream water.