Snapshot Day
Snapshot Day is an annual community water quality monitoring event which occurs the first Saturday in May.
Since 2000, this event has been providing a one-day “Snapshot” of the health of the rivers and streams that flow into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS).
Spanning more than 300 miles of coast from Pacifica in the north to Morro Bay in the south, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary receives flows from over 100 freshwater streams and rivers.
In partnership with the MBNMS and hundreds of community volunteers, these rivers and streams are systematically sampled during the course of the event.
Volunteers are trained to monitor temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, electrical conductivity and transparency in the field and collect water samples for laboratory analysis of nutrients and bacteria levels.
The volunteers collecting this valuable information play a key role in our community as stewards of our watersheds. The information they provide is used by resource agencies, local governments and community groups to protect and improve the health of our local streams.
Come out and get your feet wet! Join us on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 9am-1pm for the 13th Annual Central Coast Regional Snapshot Day Event!
Hub location : Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor (by R Dock)!
To get involved, please complete this volunteer application, give us call at: 831-464-9200 or contact us via email at: djchirco@coastalws.org.
