Here are some sample photos from the fieldwork that I conducted as a StreamWatch volunteer on Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 10 AM to 3 PM. Stream sampling, though seemingly having nothing to do with sustainable community design, actually has a LOT to do with sustainable community design. The actions that designers take today in their building and construction practices have tremendous implications for the environment. For example, benthic macroinvertebrates, which are basically bottom-dwelling insects with spines that can be seen with the naked eye, reveal how healthy a stream is, which combined with all streams in a watershed, reveal how healthy an entire waterway and its surrounding ecosystem is.
I'll bet you didn't know that these "bugs" can reveal so much about the health and sustainability of a river and its streams.
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