1. Camp Albemarle Field Trip Preparation
Rivanna (South Fork) Watershed Experience
Pass it handout!
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What is a Watershed?
It is as simple as asking --- “If a drop of rain lands on a spot, where will it go (flow)?”
A watershed is a geographic area draining to a common stream, lake or river.
Watersheds can be little or big ---sometimes really big.
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Water runs off the land …
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Sponge Bob says:
Don’t Forget - The ground also absorbs water just like me!
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5. What is your watershed address?
It can be local or regional. It can be small or big.
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6. Camp Albemarle’s Watershed “Rivanna (South Fork) Watershed”
Moormans
Mechums
Charlottesville
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7. Stone-Robinson’s Watershed “Rivanna Watershed”
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8. Regional Watershed “James River Watershed”
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9. The Whole Watershed “Chesapeake Bay Watershed”
Maryland
Charlottesville
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10. What Little River Runs by Camp Albemarle?
The Moormans River
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11. Is this river clean? Is it healthy?
One way to find out is to look and see what lives in the river.
What types of organisms (living things) can we find in the river?
At the river, we will be collecting macroinvertebrates.
What are macroinvertebrates?
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Life Cycles
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Life Cycles & Habitats
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14. Very Sensitive Critters
Organisms that are very sensitive to polluted and stagnant water!
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Mayfly
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Stonefly
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Gilled Snail
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18. Organisms that are sensitive to polluted and stagnant water!
Sensitive Critters
Organisms that are sensitive to polluted and stagnant water!
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Dobsonfly
Hellgrammite
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Dragonfly
Damselfly
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Crayfish
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22. Organisms that are not sensitive to polluted and/or stagnant water!
Tolerant Critters
Organisms that are not sensitive to polluted and/or stagnant water!
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Crane fly
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Aquatic Worm
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Leech
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26. How do we collect these critters?
We use special nets to catch the critters.
Then we carefully look for the critters as they squirm around in the net.
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Enviroscape
Enviroscape is a model that shows you how a watershed actually works.
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28. See You at Camp Albemarle!!!
At the River!
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That’s All!
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