Wyoming Stream Team educational stream monitoring program

The Mission of Wyoming Stream Team is to promote awareness and stewardship of Wyoming's water resources through education and data sharing.

WHO WE ARE

WST is a state-wide monitoring program, based at Teton Science Schools' Teacher Learning Center, focusing on stream habitat and water quality. This educational program assists students and teachers to collect data for use by students, local communities and the Wyoming Deptartment of Environmental Quality. The program is an extension of the water quality monitoring workshops conducted by Teton Science Schools since 1993. Data collected by schools and other groups is entered into an accessible, on-line database and viewed by particpants from around the region. Results are also used by Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality as a screening tool to detect threats to stream health.

What We Monitor

Every teacher has a unique way of fitting stream monitoring into their curriculum, so the spectrum of projects ranges from simple to extensive. Water chemistry forms the base of our testing protocols; then teachers incorporate physical, macroinvertebrate, and vegetation data according to their needs. Visit the section for Participating Schools to see the schools in your region that have successfully implemented stream monitoring.

Water Quality Data Collected:

*required:
Temperature
pH
Turbidity
Conductivity
Alkalinity
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)

*optional:
Nutrients (orthophosphates and nitrates)
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Fecal Coliform & E. Coli (simultaneous)

Physical Data Collected:

Stream Width
Stream Depth
Velocity
Discharge
Substrate
Rosgen Stream Type

Biological Data Collected:

Macroinvertebrates
Riparian Vegetation

See Resources for more information on collection methods.