Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Results of litter survey for Nov. 30, 2016

Another day, another data set. Salmon, mantis and 207 debris items today-Spillway Ph 8.8, AR Ph 8.7, two milk crates, a sofa cushion and many snack packages.

 This one will lay eggs soon

 root beer float? Certainly not!  Im thankful for my grabber, I didnt go near this "crap".







Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Results for today, Wednesday, November 23rd,2016

Cordova Creek water Ph 8.5, AR Ph 8.7, 4 volunteers, 301 pieces, including a tent, a foam mattress,ice chest, cart,bike and bike parts, also camping furniture and more...a big thank you to our friends, John and his sons, Orion and Kai, and Jacy! Heres pics....
campsite: upon arrival,... 
and at departure.

today's crew: upon arrival,...
(fully engaged in action)
today's crew: at departure.
Thanks and respect to our volunteers!

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Introduction-November, 2016

Welcome to the blog of hammerdirt California River Monitor, a journal created to log the events and data that are collected during the River Monitor Project. This project, a continuation of hammerdirt at River Bend and Cordova Creek, will conduct routine aquatic debris(litter) surveys at three selected sites within the NOAA Essential Fish Habitat of the Lower American River, in Rancho Cordova and Carmichael.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Survey results-November 9th, 2016

The spillway Ph 9.0, total number of litter/debris items for Cordova Creek spillway today is 383 pcs.