Central Oregon Bitterbrush Broads • Entered by Joanne Richter on August 30, 2019
Macro-invertebrate Sampling with the UDWC
August 24, 2019
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 3 |
| Post Admin hours | 0.5 |
| Activity Hours | 10 |
| Participants | 5 |
| Total Hours | 53.5 |
Key Issue: Water-related Conservation
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Upper Deschutes Watershed Council
Landscape/area: Deschutes National Forest (1612218 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Five Central OR Broads joined staff from the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (UDWC) and other volunteers for a day of macro-invertebrate sampling in Whychus Creek which is an important cold water tributary to the Deschutes River in Central OR.
Reflection/Evaluation
A good time was had by all. This work was initiate by one of our Bitterbrush Broads (Laura Gabanski) who worked closely with UDWC staff to participate in this annual event. Joanne has been on the board of this great organization for going on 20 years 🙂