Last week, we held our first Adopt-A-Stream macroinvertebrate workshop of the year!

We had 8 participants come out to the beautiful Harbins Park where we sampled the stream for these aquatic bugs and found a wide variety of species. Macroinvertebrates are important bioindicators because their presence, absence, and varying tolerances to pollution reflect the long-term health and water quality of our local aquatic ecosystems. Because of the interest in this class, we are planning to host another one before the end of the year. More information on that soon! Our next Adopt-A-Stream workshop - covering bacterial monitoring - is scheduled for October 29 from 1-4 p.m. at the Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful office. Follow the link in our bio to learn more and register today! #AdoptAStream #VolunteerOpportunity #WaterQuality #DoBeautifulThings #GwinnettCleanandBeautiful #GoGreenGwinnett #SustainableGwinnett