ROCHESTER — Anyone hoping to be a Hoosier Riverwatch volunteer stream monitor must attend an eight-hour Hoosier Riverwatch basic training workshop. Basic training is open to adults aged 18 and older. Younger participants or high school senior advanced placement students may attend with their parents’ consent. Qualified instructors usually conduct the workshops between April and …read more.

By EILEEN OAKS Marketing and outreach specialist, The Watershed Foundation NORTH WEBSTER — Clean, abundant water is a valuable resource. Hoosier Riverwatch, a Department of Environmental Management education program, hosts workshops around the state to train people to monitor local streams, rivers and lakes. The next volunteer river monitoring workshop is at the North Webster Community …read more.

NORTH WEBSTER — Yesterday, the usual lessons of the North Webster Elementary students were replaced by the splashes of water, the shrieks of excitement and awes of discovery. The Watershed Foundation guided Mrs. Jessie and Mr. Bollman’s 4th and 5th grade classes respectively down to the Tippecanoe River between Webster Lake and Little Tippy Lake …read more.

By EILEEN OAKS The Watershed Foundation Marketing and Outreach Specialist NORTH WEBSTER — Clean, abundant water is a valuable resource. Hoosier Riverwatch, a Department of Environmental Management education program, hosts workshops around the state to train people to monitor local streams, rivers and lakes. The next volunteer stream monitoring workshop is at the North Webster …read more.