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Tuscarora Creek Receives Lower Health Score than Last Year

Tuscarora Creek Receives Lower Health Score than Last Year

Mar 28, 2022

Certified monitor Emily Maltman helps Zach Vultaggio and Liam Russell prepare a net for sampling.Photo by Callie McCormick On Saturday...

New Stream Monitors Certified with Tuscarora Creek Survey

New Stream Monitors Certified with Tuscarora Creek Survey

Mar 22, 2022

The cold and windy weather this past Sunday, March 20, didn’t deter our Stream Team from conducting a benthic macroinvertebrate...

Creek Critters of Loudoun Program

Creek Critters of Loudoun Program

Feb 10, 2022

Predatory mouthparts of a hellgrammite seen under a Magiscope.Photo by Emma Lloyd February is not usually a month for benthic...

Distinguishing Macros from Debris at Dry Mill Branch Site

Distinguishing Macros from Debris at Dry Mill Branch Site

Nov 15, 2021

Newly certified monitors Tracy and Cooper Niess.Photo by Amy Ulland Loudoun Wildlife’s Stream Team welcomes newly certified stream monitors Tracy...

New Monitoring Site at Goose Creek Receives Indeterminate Rating

New Monitoring Site at Goose Creek Receives Indeterminate Rating

Nov 12, 2021

On a chilly Saturday morning, a team of seven volunteers from Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, River Creek Confluence Park Committee, and...

Two Stream Monitoring Locations Added Along the North Fork

Two Stream Monitoring Locations Added Along the North Fork

Nov 2, 2021

Loudoun Wildlife’s Stream Team added two stream monitoring locations along the North Fork of the Catoctin Creek to collect baseline...

Black Branch Tributary Contains Pollution-tolerant Macros

Black Branch Tributary Contains Pollution-tolerant Macros

Nov 1, 2021

Newly certified monitors, Kris Jarvis and Aleta Daniels.Photo by Amy Ulland In October Loudoun Wildlife Board Member Colette Berrebi hosted...

Flatworm is Favorite Macro at North Fork of the Catoctin Creek

Flatworm is Favorite Macro at North Fork of the Catoctin Creek

Nov 1, 2021

A flatworm, with its distinctive eyespots.Photo by Cooper Niess Loudoun Wildlife’s Stream Team recently conducted a series of three surveys...

Stream Team Finds Unusual Macro at Crooked Run

Stream Team Finds Unusual Macro at Crooked Run

Oct 17, 2021

A Red-shouldered Hawk and a Belted Kingfisher serenaded volunteers from Loudoun Wildlife’s Stream Team, who were monitoring a segment of...

South Fork of the Catoctin Receives Healthy Score

South Fork of the Catoctin Receives Healthy Score

Oct 17, 2021

The team discovered a mayfly nymph developing wings.Photo by Carolyn Odegaard Philips Farm, a 144-acre tract of land in Waterford...

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