Macroinvertebrate Study on Bear Creek

Grantee: Cannon Township
Title: Macroinvertebrate Study on Bear Creek
Watershed(s): Bear Creek
Funding Amount: $13,556.81
Contact: Bonnie Blackledge, Ph: 616-874-6966, bonnies@cannontwp.org
Project Duration: 2011-2013

Cannon Township wishes to address macroinvertebrate stream health on Bear Creek for the purpose of comparing it to similar studies done in the early 1990s and to track any changes that may occur in the future related to increased development. Cannon Township and its volunteers will sample benthic macroinvertebrates and conduct a habitat survey at five sites on Bear Creek from Fall 2011 through Spring 2013. Grant funds will assist with the cost of implementing the volunteer-based stream study program.

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