2024 Sediment Study Training Sign Up is closed, but if you’d like to volunteer contact Jule at [email protected]. Learn more at the below.
Community Science: You Collect data that protect the river
Understanding the needs of the river and the needs of the Spokane community requires collaboration between the Spokane Riverkeeper and the public. To educate community members on the work we do, the science behind the river system, and the policies that protect this resource, we have studies that you can help with!
Our Sediment Study monitors turbidity in the Spokane River.
Hangman Creek pollutes the Spokane River with tons of sediment each day in the spring, choking sensitive native redband trout and burying their nests.
Each spring Hangman Creek fills with sediment, spewing tons of dirt into the Spokane River. This cloudy water is bad for fish, macroinvertebrates, and all who depend on them.
The Spokane Riverkeeper, with help from Spokane Fall Trout Unlimited, leads a citizen science monitoring project to study water transparency (turbidity) in Hangman Creek and the Spokane River.
You can volunteer for this study! Sign up for a training to help us to collect scientific data to protect the Spokane River! You will monitor water clarity (turbidity) in the Spokane River and Hangman Creek. We will use these data to determine the intensity and duration of degraded water quality in Hangman Creek and its effect on the Spokane River. Sign up below for a training (virtual on December 15th, in person on January 8th) and for sampling dates. If you missed the training, email [email protected] and he will train you personally!
Crayfish Study! (click here to learn more)
Our crayfish study, in collaboration with University of Idaho will use crayfish as an indicator of heavy metals in the Spokane River.
Turbidity and Sediment
Watch our series of videos from Cutboard Studio explaining some of the issues we have in the Hangman Creek watershed.