Participants will adopt a drain (or storm water ditch/swale) for regular clean ups and data collection – counting and removing trash and plastics that would otherwise enter our waterways.

Community members will adopt a catch basin, culvert, or pipe outlet to monitor and remove debris. Data collected will…

Monitor amphibian populations in temporary wetlands

We want to identify and better understand everywhere within town where water flows toward, into, and along our waterways including riparian (water-side) corridors:• Where do we have flooding and flows, especially with Spring snowmelt and rainstorms.• What is the water quality and when – generally clear? Sometimes or always turbid (muddy)? Forms pools and gets real funky?• What flora and fauna does the water support – willows? Songbirds? Pollinators? Frogs? • What are the seasonal patterns?

Conserve, protect, and restore Arcade Creek

Monitor colonial waterbirds in Colorado

Understand dog behavior.

Help those searching for biological identity & genetic health history

Track land cover state, condition, and changes.

Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program