Charles River Watershed Association On the Road: Field training in Arroyo Los Gatos

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Field training in Arroyo Los Gatos

CRWA's Julie Wood spent the afternoon yesterday training a committed and enthusiastic group of river monitors on Arroyo Los Gatos (Cat's creek) in Jarabacoa, this beautiful small city in the highlands of the Dominican Republic.

This equipment, ranging from simple home-made sampling baskets to sophisticated monitoring meters (purchased with funds from ERM Corporation Foundation), filled three huge suitcases, and will live here at the offices our local partner organization Plan Yaque for use by technical staff and volunteers.

Plans are underway to begin a monthly monitoring program at five sites here, a pilot project that Plan Yaque hopes to scale up to the whole Yaque del Norte river.

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CRWA's mission is to use science, advocacy and the law to protect, preserve and enhance the Charles River and its watershed.

One of the country's oldest watershed organizations, Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) was formed in 1965 in response to public concern about the declining condition of the Charles. Since its earliest days of advocacy, CRWA has figured prominently in major clean-up and watershed protection efforts, working with government officials and citizen groups from 35 Massachusetts watershed towns from Hopkinton to Boston. Initiatives over the last four decades have dramatically improved the quality of water in the watershed and fundamentally changed approaches to water resource management.

While CRWA’s mission focuses on the Charles River, the implications and applicability of our science-based work go far beyond the watershed’s boundaries. Much of CRWA’s work is cutting edge and therein lies our unique strength and effectiveness: we use our scientific knowledge of the Charles to develop innovative, workable solutions to watershed problems. This knowledge allows CRWA not only to advocate persuasively for outcomes, but also to partner with government agencies and other environmental groups to protect the natural environment and to promote sustainable ecosystem policies and practices.