"The Streamkeeper": caring for local salmon and trout streams, Feb 26

From: Adopt A Stream Foundation
Northwest Stream Center, 600 –128th Street SE, Everett WA 98208
Web: www.streamkeeper.org

Contact: Tom Murdoch, 425-316-8592

Event: The Streamkeeper: caring for local salmon and trout streams
Date: Thursday February 26, 2015Time: 7pmPlace: Northwest Stream Center at the south end of Snohomish County’s Mc Collum Park, 600 – 128th Street SE, Everett WA 98208; driving directions: http://www.streamkeeper.org/aasf/Contact.html

The Streamkeeper

Many of our local streams are beautiful to see and full of aquatic life.  Read More >>

 

Many others are still pretty to look at, but no longer support abundant aquatic life.

And, sadly, others have disappeared from sight.

To help everyone interested in learning about the ecological condition of local salmon and trout streams,  the Adopt A Stream Foundation presents the Streamkeeper 7pm Thursday, February 26, at the Northwest Stream Center in Snohomish County’s Mc Collum Park.

The host of the show is Tom Murdoch.  He is co-author of the Streamkeepers Field Guide: Watershed Inventory and Stream Monitoring Methods (reviews: http://www.streamkeeper.org/aasf/Bk_Vid_Reviews.html). That book is in use by stream and river groups across America and Canada.  The Streamkeepers Field Guide makes complex science very understandable for non-scientists and is illustrated by cartoonist including: David Horsey, Tom Toles, Steve Greenberg, Chris Britt, Brian Basset, and Ken Alexander.  The many technical illustrations were done by local freelance cartoonist Thomas Whittemore.
During the Streamkeeper presentation, Murdoch will teach the audience how to adopt local streams (http://www.streamkeeper.org/aasf/Adopt_Steps.html).  How to investigate the physical, biological, and chemical characteristics of streams as well as their historical, social and political characteristics.  He will show you how to organize community support to protect and enhance your stream, create long and short term goals that can be achieved, how to create an action plan to reach those goals, and how to carry out planned actions – how to become a Streamkeeper.

Murdoch, has been conducting stream surveys and directing stream restoration projects in streams flowing into Lake Washington, Puget Sound, and the Snohomish River for 30+ years.  “I am one of those guys who tells stories of when I saw so many salmon in local creeks that you could almost walk across their backs,” says Murdoch, who is the Director of the Adopt A Stream Foundation.  “Now, I spend a lot of time teaching people how to evaluate the current ecological health of their streams, what actions are necessary to restore once abundant fish runs, and how to share information with land use decision makers.”
 
During this event, Murdoch will use illustrations from the Streamkeepers Field Guide to both educate and entertain the audience.  He will also show amazing underwater video as he teaches the complexity of the salmon life cycle, introduce the audience to the secret world of the “hyporheic zone,” and describe the amazing complexities of the “salmon forest.”

The Streamkeeper is geared for mature youth and adults who want to learn great science while having some fun at the same time.  Call 425-316-8592 to reserve your space.  There will be a book signing after the event.

Illustrations:  The illustrations in this release are from the Streamkeepers Field Guide published by the Adopt A Stream Foundation and may be reproduced for news articles; all rights reserved. Higher resolution images available upon request.  Call Tom Murdoch: 425.316.8592.