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LOCATION:564 Mauldin Road Greenville\, South Carolina 29605
DESCRIPTION:&lt;p&gt;Friends of the Reedy River will be hosting a Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Workshop on &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday\, June 29&amp;nbsp\;from 9am to 3pm in Greenville\, SC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;This training is open to anyone who is interested in learning about the program and how to do biannual testing of local waterways. After completing the training\, Adopt-a-Stream volunteers will be able to pick a testing site and borrow FORR&amp;#39\;s macroinvertebrate sampling kit to monitor within the Reedy River Watershed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezNLzSp0qudS7FKNRWqJEFTtz3JF_EZ5Ih0Rh8CVoB7OBvsg/viewform?usp=sf_link&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;em&gt;Register Here!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You do not need to be an environmentalist\, fisherman\, or scholar to become a water quality monitor! All are welcome to learn how to collect data that can help protect and restore freshwater streams through the SC Adopt-a-Stream program.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This training will provide classroom and in-stream instruction for volunteer monitors on how to: select a monitoring site\, use equipment properly\, collect samples\, test water quality\, enter data\, assess stream conditions\, and practice safety in the field.&amp;nbsp\; You will learn about stream habitat and pollution sources\, and practice collecting and identifying macroinvertebrates.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Individuals must pass an open-book&amp;nbsp\;exam at the end of the workshop&amp;nbsp\;to become a certified volunteer and be able to enter data into the www.scadoptastream.org database. Volunteers are encouraged to adopt a site to sample&amp;nbsp\;twice annually to establish valuable baseline data for your stream.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is an in-person workshop.&amp;nbsp\; &lt;strong&gt;You must attend the full workshop and pass the open-book\, open-note test to become a certified water quality monitoring volunteer.&lt;/strong&gt; Please bring your own lunch\, dress for the weather and invite a friend!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After registering\, more information\, including exact location\, will be emailed to you no later than Tuesday\, June 27.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Learn more about the program by visiting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scadoptastream.org&quot;&gt;www.scadoptastream.org&lt;/a&gt;. If this training time and location does not work for you\, please check out other upcoming trainings &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.clemson.edu/public/watershed/scaas/get-trained/events.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/u&gt;There is no cost to register for the workshop\, but space is limited.&amp;nbsp\;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;http://josie@friendsofthereedyriver.org&quot;&gt;Contact us &lt;/a&gt;with any questions.&lt;/p&gt;

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URL;VALUE=URI:/events/68/SC AAS Volunteer Training: Macroinvertebrate Monitoring
SUMMARY:Volunteer Certification for Macroinvertebrate Monitoring 
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