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Clover Creek Watershed Project |
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Indicator Study Over the past few years, students in the
Environmental Methods of Investigation class have conducted a study of the
health of the Clover Creek watershed. One result of this study is to identify
indicators that reflect the environmental health of Clover Creek watershed.
Working from the goals of the stakeholders in the watershed, the students
identified aspects that could be monitored that would allow the community to
evaluate its progress toward these goals. They gathered data to characterize
the entire watershed, including characteristics of the creek (with chemical,
biological and physical measurements) as well as information about the human
activity in the watershed (land use, population, economic activity). This
information was presented to community members as the end of each semester. What is an indicator? An indicator is a set of data that allows
us to monitor the conditions of the larger system, the watershed. An
indicator is used to quantify issues and to make complicated information
simple. An effective indicator is:
Some examples of indicators that have been
developed for various environmental applications, including watershed health,
can be found at the following web sites:
Watershed Stakeholders
and Goals The students indentified the stakeholders
in the watershed. From documents produced by each of the stakeholders, goals
for the watershed were identified. The stakeholders and their goals are:
Results The results for the Clover Creek watershed
indicator study:
The results for previous indicator
studies in the Sequalitchew Creek watershed:
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