Aquatic Monitoring – Field Collection

Aquatic insects are an excellent indicator of stream health.  Our aquatic monitoring program assesses the condition of local streams by collecting insects along with other water quality and habitat information.  Join us for a monitoring day! Come prepared to get… Read more

Restoring the invisible watershed

By: Matt Freitas, Program Manager   Take a drive from Truckee towards Brockway Summit—what sticks with you? The wide expanses of Martis Valley? Long vistas of the Sierra crest? Did you know you drove through a historic wetland as soon… Read more

Aquatic Monitoring Lab Night

Interested in water quality? Aquatic insects?  Join our Aquatic Monitoring group for a lab night.  Throughout the winter we meet to process aquatic insect samples that we collected throughout the summer to help us monitor water quality in our local… Read more

Aquatic Monitoring Lab Night

Interested in water quality? Aquatic insects?  Join our Aquatic Monitoring group for a lab night.  Throughout the winter we meet to process aquatic insect samples that we collected throughout the summer to help us monitor water quality in our local… Read more

River Talk at Alibi Ale Works – Truckee

FREE and informative – virtual tour of watershed restoration projects! Behind its natural beauty, The Truckee holds some disturbing secrets. Come hear why the watershed is the key to her future. Come early. Purchase a beverage (optional). Find a seat… Read more

Aquatic Monitoring – lab night

Interested in water quality?  Aquatic insects?  Join our Aquatic Monitoring group for a lab night on Wednesday, December 6th.  We collect aquatic insects from streams throughout the summer, and then spend the winter looking through microscopes to identify the insects… Read more

Aquatic Monitoring – lab night

Interested in water quality?  Aquatic insects?  Join our Aquatic Monitoring group for a lab night on Tuesday, November 14th.  We collect aquatic insects from streams throughout the summer, and then spend the winter looking through microscopes to identify the insects… Read more

Adopt-A-Stream Monitoring

Just like people, a river’s health can be measured. What’s its temperature? Color? Chemical pH level? How does it smell? Tracking the chemical and physical characteristics of a stream is important. It helps us learn what’s working—and where we can… Read more

Adopt-A-Stream Monitoring

Just like people, a river’s health can be measured. What’s its temperature? Color? Chemical pH level? How does it smell? Tracking the chemical and physical characteristics of a stream is important. It helps us learn what’s working—and where we can… Read more

Area Homeowners Can Help Protect the Watershed

by Kathy Whitlow, Operations Manager Everyone can have a role to play in protecting the Truckee River watershed and the involvement of local homeowners is essential. Science shows that implementation of soil erosion control measures on already-developed properties – your… Read more