Adopt-A-Stream
- One of the Adopt-a-Stream events is the River Roundup, where volunteers collect river creatures.
What is Adopt-A-Stream?
Adopt-A-Stream is a volunteer program to study and protect the Huron River.
Join us! Get outdoors to the Huron River. Protect the streams. Meet new people. Do real science with Michigan’s premier river study program. A trained leader shows you what to do, and the activities are suitable for all ages, from children to seniors
You can volunteer for one day…or many.
You’ll join a small team of volunteers and travel to a stream or stretch of river. Depending on the project, you’ll help our experienced researchers collect river creatures, take water samples, or map changes in the river. You’ll learn to identify bugs and animals that live in the river, figure out what makes a stretch of river healthy or unhealthy, and understand how river ecology works. You’ll have a chance to get your hands dirty—literally—or you can help out from the sidelines if you prefer. This work is part of the biggest, longest-running river research project in Michigan, and the information you gather will make a big difference in keeping the Huron River clean and clear.
What are the activities?
- River Roundup: Volunteer teams find insects, crayfish and other small river creatures every Fall and Spring.
- ID Day: River scientists help volunteers identify the creatures found in the River Roundup.
- Winter Stonefly Search: In January volunteer teams find stoneflies in high quality streams.
- Roundup Leader and Collector Training: Volunteers train to lead the teams in the Roundup.
- Measuring and Mapping: In August volunteer teams map and measure the stream habitat.
Where are the results?
See the Adopt Monitoring Results page to view summaries of the results from the Adopt-a-Stream events. If you would like to see the raw data, please email Paul Steen (psteen@hrwc.org).
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