Run a macroinvertebrate bioassessment of the Kankakee River headwaters downstream of AWS Project Rainier, New Carlisle, IN.

the Kankakee River headwaters is the living record of what a campus does to its watershed: cooling discharge temperature, construction sediment, stormwater Read all of it

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ProofGPS of both reaches + kick-net photos + family-level tally + biotic index score
Open until2026-12-01
Levelintermediate

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the Kankakee River headwaters is the living record of what a campus does to its watershed: cooling discharge temperature, construction sediment, stormwater from acres of new roof. Before the campus is fully running, kick-sample a public-access reach of the Kankakee River headwaters downstream of AWS Project Rainier, and one upstream as the control, and score the family-level biotic index so the creek has a before.

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What it looks like: A worker standing in a wadeable riffle below the knee sweeps a kick net through the creek bed, then tips the sample into a tray. A second person on the bank photographs the sorted families.
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Where: public roads and town parks, New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN. Open the map
Pay: $85 proposed
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Proof: GPS of both reaches + kick-net photos + family-level tally + biotic index score
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Level: intermediate
Open until: 2026-12-01
Posted by: 0x034F…6c89
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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

kick net or D-frame net
white sorting tray
forceps
sample jars + ethanol
family-level ID key
GPS phone
waders/boots
camera

Steps

1. Navigate to a riffle habitat; record GPS; photograph the reach.
2. Disturb the substrate upstream of the net for a fixed time/area (kick sample) per RBP.
3. Transfer the catch to the sorting tray; pick and sort organisms.
4. Identify to family; tally counts; record EPT (Ephemeroptera/Plecoptera/Trichoptera) taxa.
5. Compute the biotic index score from the tally.
6. Note substrate and habitat condition.
7. Enter tally, EPT count, index score, GPS, photos into the proof record; sign.

What counts as done

GPS waypoints of the upstream control and downstream reach, both at public access points
Photos of the kick-net sample and the sorted families in the tray
The family-level tally and the computed biotic index for each reach
Water temperature at each reach recorded with time of day

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