Recent Posts From Our Water Reporters

A successful stream monitoring training session with the great people of Oak Spring Garden Foundation. All enthusiastic individuals who are looking forward to further training and monitoring!

Stream monitoring at Jeffries branch, stream looked wonderful and had a metric score of 9.

Benthic stream training today near the Middleburg academy. River was in great condition. Great results from last fall.

Big branch River!

The spring's final tree planting with the Girl Scouts group at Snake Hill farm. We managed to plant 200 trees with the help of Loudoun SWCD! Lovely weather and a hard-working group of people made it a great way to close out our spring plantings! #riparianbufferplanting #goosecreekwatershed

GCA's third tree planting of the season with LSWCSD and the Middleburg Montessori. Scattered showers and muddy conditions made for a messy but fun tree planting! The students were able to plant over 300 trees at the farm site. #riparianbufferplanting #goosecreekwatershed

Second GCA planting at Snake Hill Farm with LSWCD, Keep Loudoun Beautiful, and the Middleburg Sustainability Committee. Wonderful weather and a hard-working group of individuals made this planting a pleasure to be part of! #riparianbufferplanting #goosecreekwatershed

First GCA planting of the season at Glenmore Farm with JMSWCD and Highland high school. Despite the harsh weather conditions, the students and staff planted a large number of trees and had a great time doing it! #riparianbufferplanting #goosecreekwatershed

Stream monitor session Panther Skin Creek tributary to Goose Creek 3/19/22 Students from Foxcroft school participating in a partial benthic monitoring session with hands on bug identification and training. The Panther Skin creek was in good shape and it turned out to be a beautiful day.

Stream Monitor session Panther Creek a tributary for Goose Creek 3/19/22 A great spring training session on Saturday for the 14 enthusiastic people who attended. A warm and sunny day, perfect for hands on benthic training.