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Hundreds volunteer Saturday for ‘Snapshot Day’ on the California coast

Posted by: Maven on May 4, 2009 at 7:21 am

From the Mercury News:

Across four counties and 300 miles of coastline, nearly 200 volunteers came together Saturday for the 10th annual Snapshot Day, an effort to keep California waterways picture perfect.

Snapshot Day allows community volunteers to learn firsthand about the condition of local streams while providing water quality data that government agencies can use in policy decisions. Volunteers participated in water quality monitoring at more than 180 river and creek sites from Morro Bay to the Marin Headlands.

Volunteers clustered around sites throughout Santa Cruz County, including Moore Creek where Santa Cruz Coastal Watershed Council members and interns collected water samples.

“This is very important as scientists because we are always wanting more data and very rarely do we get an opportunity to get data from the same sites for 10 years now,” said Armand Ruby, Coastal Watershed Council executive director. “Just by having all the citizens come forward and participate is a great experience to become informed and take that knowledge throughout the community. It’s an effective way to increase awareness.”

All data collected by the volunteers goes to the State Water Resources Control Board. The board uses it to create a listing of how the water body is doing.

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May 4, 2009 · Filed Under Water Quality

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