Upper Grand River Watershed Adopt-a-Stream Program

Grantee: Jackson County Conservation District
Title: Upper Grand River Watershed Adopt-a-Stream Program
Watershed(s): Upper Grand River
Funding Amount: $20,979
Contact: Cecilia Govrik, Ph: 517-782-7404, cecilia.govrik@macd.org
Project Duration: 2009-2011

The Upper Grand River Watershed Adopt-A-Stream Program, initiated in 2007, began as a partnership among the Jackson County Conservation District, Dahlem Environmental Education Center , and Upper Grand River Watershed Alliance. The Adopt-A-Stream Program helps achieve the public education and involvement goals of the Jackson Phase II communities and the Upper Grand River Watershed Management Plan by using trained adult volunteers to collect and identify benthic macroinvertebrates, conduct stream habitat assessments, and take other water quality measurements following the methods outlined in the MDEQ-approved Quality Assurance Project Plan. With funding under this grant, the partner organizations are working to further develop and strengthen the Upper Grand River Watershed Adopt-A-Stream program into a sustainable and watershed-wide monitoring program.

Quality Assurance Program Plan (QAPP)