River Monitoring
Efforts are being made to help protect two important local cold-water fisheries, the West Branch of the
Tully River in North Orange and the Falls River at Bascom Hollow Farm on the Gill and Greenfield town
line. As part of that effort Mount Grace is facilitating a stream health study in each location. To assess
stream health the biological and chemical data need to be collected at strategic times of the year; winter,
spring and fall. We are involving local schools and community groups to aid in the collection of this
information. The collected data will be continually compiled and analyzed to monitor the health of the
stream and help gauge the need for stewardship along the stream over time.
As part of this project we try our best to accommodate the needs of the school or youth group for timing
and curriculum associated with the content the teacher wants to cover in conjunction to the field day or
guest speaker day.
Schools currently involved:
- Athol High School 9th grade Integrated Science classes
- Athol High School AP Environmental Science class
- Greenfield Math and Science 6th grade class
- Stoneleigh Burnham School Biology classes
- Stoneleigh Burnham School AP Environmental classes
Efforts are being made to help protect two important local cold-water fisheries, the West Branch of the
Tully River in North Orange and the Falls River at Bascom Hollow Farm on the Gill and Greenfield town
line. As part of that effort Mount Grace is facilitating a stream health study in each location. To assess
stream health the biological and chemical data need to be collected at strategic times of the year; winter,
spring and fall. We are involving local schools and community groups to aid in the collection of this
information. The collected data will be continually compiled and analyzed to monitor the health of the
stream and help gauge the need for stewardship along the stream over time.
As part of this project we try our best to accommodate the needs of the school or youth group for timing
and curriculum associated with the content the teacher wants to cover in conjunction to the field day or
guest speaker day.
Schools currently involved:
- Athol High School 9th grade Integrated Science classes
- Athol High School AP Environmental Science class
- Greenfield Math and Science 6th grade class
- Stoneleigh Burnham School Biology classes
- Stoneleigh Burnham School AP Environmental classes
Mount Grace Land
Conservation Trust
Conservation Trust
Service Learning
MOUNT GRACE LAND CONSERVATION TRUST
1461 Old Keene Road, Athol, MA 01331
Ph 978-248-2043
www.mountgrace.org
We are still looking to expand our program and NEED YOUR HELP!
Parameters currently monitored:
- Macro-invertebrate collection (kick net & rock basket) - Macro-invertebrate identification
- Temperature
- pH
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Turbidity
- Stream Flow
- Macro-invertebrate collection (kick net & rock basket) - Macro-invertebrate identification
- Temperature
- pH
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Turbidity
- Stream Flow
