[SWvolunteers] Weekly Update

[Rose Brown]

Weekly Update
October 27, 2009

View the weekly picture and read the update online:  http:// 
streamwatch.org/weekly-update/october-27-2009





Announcements

The StreamWatch Facebook Page...
Short on time but want to help? Here’s a quick and easy way for  
Facebook users to raise awareness about Rivanna streams and rivers:

1. Become a fan of StreamWatch’s new Facebook page. Just Google  
“StreamWatch Facebook”, open the page, and click the “become a fan”  
button near the top of the page.
2. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP! Recommend the page to your  
Facebook friends who live in or care about the Rivanna basin. The  
purpose of the page is to catch the attention of people who are not  
currently tuned in.
3. Read our 70-word daily blogette for interesting, valuable, and  
sometimes entertaining information about the Rivanna, stream ecology,  
and water. A new blogette will post to your wall each weekday. At  
under one minute, we hope this read will be a painless (pleasant?!)  
way to expand knowledge!


October anniversaries...
Congratulations to the following volunteer, whose volunteer  
anniversary is this month.  Thanks so much for your work.
Elena Prien - 1 year


Fall sampling...
The fall monitoring season is from September 1st through November  
15th.  If you would like to help with a sample, see the potential  
volunteer dates (below).


Bob's Bug Facts...
(brought to you by Bob Henricks)

Skimmer dragonflies must always be preserved – for a very good  
reason.  There are actually three different families of Skimmers:
- the Common Skimmers: http://bugguide.net/node/view/81060/bgimage
- the Green eyed Skimmers: http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/ 
111213357
- the Belted Skimmers: http://bugguide.net/node/view/184532/bgimage.

These can only be distinguished from each other with the  
microscope.   In addition, there is another dragonfly which we find  
in our streams – the Spike Tail dragonfly: http://bugguide.net/node/ 
view/123649/bgimage.  This too must be identified in the lab.  So, if  
it’s not a Club-Tail or a Darner, preserve it.


Potential Volunteer Dates
(Please contact Rose if you want to sign up.)

Saturday 10/31
Sunday 11/1 (sample will be led by Bob Henricks)


Thank you for volunteering with StreamWatch!

Rose Brown, Program Manager
StreamWatch
434.962.3527
P.O. Box 181
Ivy, VA 22945
rose at streamwatch.org
www.streamwatch.org