The Introduction to Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring is the entry level of monitoring.  This 8-hour workshop includes training for watershed mapping, site selection, stream discharge, and biological monitoring (for stream macroinvertebrates).  The primary emphasis is education about watersheds and biological monitoring.  Although most of the workshop is conducted in a classroom, a midday field trip to a nearby stream provides a hands-on demonstration of how to conduct stream discharge as well as how to collect and identify macroinvertebrates.  After the completion of this workshop you will be provided the equipment necessary to conduct the biological monitoring.  These workshops are usually offered in the spring and early summer each year.