Summary

=SUMMARY= I feel that the macroinvertibrate group went according to plan. We all seemed to be doing our jobs and everything went very flowingly. First, to start collecting data, we had to get the small net and head into the stream. First, we had two people set up the net and hold it. Second, we had 2 other people go upstream a little bit and stir around all the rocks and mud to collect the critters. Once we stirred up the stream we let Mother Nature and the natural flow of Jackson run carry the critters towards our net for collection. After we waited for the critters to get caught in the net, we then took the net out of the river to search for what we had found. We found 14 stonefly nymphs, 6 caddis fly larva, 6 crane fly larva, 46 mayfly nymphs, 1 alderfly larva, and 21 crayfish. Over all we found 66 critters in just two trappings from the river. After this we then looked at the data and worked on concluding the quality of the stream. We have concluded that the quality of Jackson Run is Fair, which is actually pretty good for this area and this time of the year.

BY, DYLAN LETTIE