Overseeing the Water Resources of Loudoun County, VA
Stream Monitoring Groups
Citizen monitoring has played an important role in helping to document stream health conditions in Loudoun watersheds. The following is a list of the principal monitoring groups in Loudoun County.
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (LWC)
The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is a nonprofit 501C3 organization with over five hundred members. The LWC program mission is to promote clean and healthy waters in Loudoun County, and educate citizens about the importance of streams to both people and wildlife. LWC recruits and trains citizen volunteers to collect stream monitoring data that includes physical, chemical, biological, and habitat parameters; and the impact of land use activities (urban, industrial, and agricultural). LWC also provides educational materials on water quality, stream health, pollution prevention, and environmental stewardship. Visit www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm.
LWC stream monitoring
Goose Creek Association (GCA)
The Goose Creek Association is a nonprofit 501C3 organization of over six hundred members from western Loudoun and northern Fauquier counties who share a determination to protect and preserve the natural resources, historic heritage and rural quality of life found in this beautiful part of Virginia. The Association does its work through an active board charged with monitoring stream water quality, proposed developments, legislation, zoning changes, and other actions that have potential impact on the environment and quality of life in this region, and taking steps through educational forums to forestall or encourage these accordingly. Visit www.goosecreekassn.org.
GCA chemical monitoring
Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District (LSWCD)
The Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District is responsible for the conservation work within its boundaries (Loudoun County). The mission of the District is to provide leadership in recognizing and addressing soil and water conservation issues and problems, both existing and potential, and to promote and develop education and technical programs which will meet the agricultural and urban conservation needs of our District. The District has been involved in stream monitoring since 1997 and is actively involved in student training and learning programs. Visit www.loudounsoilandwater.org.
Blue Ridge Center - Spring pools
Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS)
The ANS Water Quality Monitoring Project in Loudoun County provides monitoring protocols, training, equipment, and technical and administrative support to citizens in Loudoun County located at the Rust Sanctuary in Leesburg, VA. ANS offers classroom and field training in macroinvertebrate identification and habitat assessment throughout the year. Visit www.audubonnaturalist.org.
ANS training class
Loudoun County Government
The Department of Building and Development and the Department of General services has actively supported stream monitoring programs since 2000 through initiation of a MOU. Although the County has not been directly monitoring the streams, the County has leads several programs including: Strategic Watershed Management Solutions, Water resources Monitoring and Comprehensive Watershed Planning. The County has contracted for stream monitoring through a contractor in 2009. Visit www.loudoun.gov/watershed.
Loudoun County Watersheds
North Fork Goose Creek Watershed Committee (NFGCWC)
The mission of the NFGCWA is to ensure safe, clean water in the North Fork Goose Creek Watershed through educational programs, conservation activities and demonstrations. In 2004 stream monitoring stations were expanded to include Catoctin Creek and NF Beaverdam Creek. NFGCWC became inactive in 2004.
NFGCWC sampling team
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