Run a macroinvertebrate bioassessment of playa lakes and the Canadian River basin downstream of Fermi America Project Matador, Amarillo, TX.

playa lakes and the Canadian River basin 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 playa lakes and the Canadian River basin downstream of Fermi America Project Matador, and one upstream as the control, and score the family-level biotic index so the creek has a before.

Where

public roads and city parks, Amarillo and Carson County, TX · 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

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

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.