Residents are keeping a close and cautious watch on water levels in the community of Gagetown this week, watching and waiting to see exactly what this year s spring freshet will bring.
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A network of volunteers keep watchful eyes on water quality in streams and rivers across Illinois. You ll soon have a chance to join them.
RiverWatch is hosting a volunteer training workshop on April 12 at the Tawny Oaks Field Station in Edelstein.
Danelle Haake is the group s director. The collections they ll be doing are looking at what are called aquatic macroinvertebrates, which basically means water bugs that are big enough to see with the unaided eye, Haake said. We ll teach them how to collect them, how to identify them, and then what those mean for the water quality in that local stream.
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Floodwaters cover the Randolph Bridge in Saint John on April 27, 2019. (Image: Brad Perry)
It is that time of year to keep an eye on the Saint John River and its tributaries.
Each morning, River Watch officials will receive a weather briefing and collect data from several sources to develop river models and forecasts.
They will then inform the public of any potential threats which may exist.
After two years of record-breaking flooding during the spring freshet, last year was relatively quiet along the Saint John River basin.
But Public Safety Minister Ted Flemming says it would be a mistake to count on another year of minor impact.