Streamwatchers
Become a Steward of Your Local Stream
BWA's first and longest running program is the highly successful Volunteer Streamwatch. This program enlists the help of nearly 70 volunteers who monitor and act as stewards of the streams near their homes. Volunteers collect water quality data from one or more sites once a month. The data is entered into a database used to provide a graphic, long-term snapshot of the health of the streams.
The largest benefit of the program, however, is the continued stewardship that volunteers provide by observing the day- to-day changes in their stream. Almost 100 sites are monitored throughout the watershed.
Training sessions for new volunteers and refresher courses for continuing volunteers are held frequently.
Become a Streamwatcher
Can you commit 1-2 hours on a monthly basis to monitor one or more streams near your home? Send us your information through our volunteer page.
Streamwatch Sites:
on the Brodhead Creek (map - upper) (map - lower)
in the McMichael Creekwatershed (map)
in the Paradise Creek watershed (map)
in the Pocono Creek watershed (map)
in the Marshalls Creek watershed (map)
in the Cherry Creek watershed (map)
Adopt a Stream Site Sponsors
Our Adopt-a-Stream-Site members are a very special group of businesses and organizations that help support the Streamwatch program.
Adopt-a-Stream-Site sponsors receive a plaque of recognition from BWA, recognition on BWA maps displayed at public events, recognition at media events about the Streamwatch program, the quarterly BWA newsletter, two tickets to the annual membership meeting and invitations to exclusive BWA functions.
Sponsorship of $250 provides support to purchase test kits and supplies needed for BWA volunteers to test the stream site you sponsor. Periodic quality control testing by a professional laboratory is also supported by Adopt-a-Stream-Site sponsors. Sponsorships also support the ongoing work of the BWA to promote clean streams in the watershed.
The BWA's water quality monitoring program has been tremendously successful since its origin in 1991. Ninety stream sites are monitored on a monthly basis in an effort to ensure clean, clear water. BWA Streamwatch volunteers perform all of these tests.
For more information on becoming a Adopt-a-Stream-Site sponsor, please call the BWA office at 570-839-1120, or email sponsor@brodheadwatershed.org today!
Current Sponsors
Barley Creek Brewing Company
Barrett Township
Borough of Stroudsburg
Brodhead Creek Regional Authority
Brodhead Forest & Stream Association
Brodhead Hunting and Fishing Association
Brodhead Protective Association
Camelback Ski Corporation
Cherry Lane Foundation
Chestnuthill Township
East Stroudsburg Borough
East Stroudsburg Savings Association
Hamilton Township
Henryville Conservation Club
PP&L Company
Palmerton Bank
Paradise Falls Lutheran Association
Paradise Township
Parkside Angling Association
Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau
Pocono Produce Company
Pocono Record
Pocono Township
Pohoqualine Fish Association
Rock Tenn Corporation
Sanofi pasteur
Skytop Lodges, Inc.
Smithfield Township
Spread Eagle Associates
Stroud Township
Swiftwater Preserve
Weiler Corporation