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A watershed education project located in the Pedlar River watershed of western Amherst County, VA.
Join us at the River!
We're scheduling Critter Hunts now!
Families, youth groups, church groups, birthday parties
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The Friends of the Pedlar River will guide participants in macro invertebrate sampling: a fun and educational way to monitor water quality by investigating what’s living in our streams. We'll be sampling sites in the Pedlar River Watershed. Ages 6 to 96 can participate.
How do I get involved? Click here to email and send us a message!
What do I need to bring? Dress for the weather, and if you are under 12, you may need an extra pair of socks and pants, in case you get a little wet. Rubber boots are provided, available in most sizes. Children age 6 and younger must have an adult partner to accompany them.
“Critter Hunt” is the term we coined in 1997, when we founded our all-volunteer, watershed education organization, the Pedlar River Institute, based in Amherst County, Virginia. It refers to a process of sampling aquatic macro invertebrates using a seine net. We use the traditional “Save Our Streams” Rocky Bottom Sampling Method developed by the Izaak Walton League of America as a way of enabling citizen groups to collect scientifically valid and nationally comparable data. We’re establishing a baseline for our watershed and helping people understand why each of us needs to help keep our waterways healthy.
We're scheduling Critter Hunts now!
Families, youth groups, church groups, birthday parties
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The Friends of the Pedlar River will guide participants in macro invertebrate sampling: a fun and educational way to monitor water quality by investigating what’s living in our streams. We'll be sampling sites in the Pedlar River Watershed. Ages 6 to 96 can participate.
How do I get involved? Click here to email and send us a message!
What do I need to bring? Dress for the weather, and if you are under 12, you may need an extra pair of socks and pants, in case you get a little wet. Rubber boots are provided, available in most sizes. Children age 6 and younger must have an adult partner to accompany them.
“Critter Hunt” is the term we coined in 1997, when we founded our all-
CRITTER HUNTS
Pedlar River Institute Stream Monitoring Stations
Staton’s Creek in George Washington National Forest
Pedlar River at RT 60 Bridge
Dancing Creek in George Washington National Forest
Dancing Creek at Jim Brown’s garden,
Pedlar River James Spinymussel monitoring site near Pedlar Mills
Melody Creek in Pleasant View
Horseley Creek in Pedlar Mills
Pedlar River in Pedlar Mills
Staton’s Creek in George Washington National Forest
Pedlar River at RT 60 Bridge
Dancing Creek in George Washington National Forest
Dancing Creek at Jim Brown’s garden,
Pedlar River James Spinymussel monitoring site near Pedlar Mills
Melody Creek in Pleasant View
Horseley Creek in Pedlar Mills
Pedlar River in Pedlar Mills
"If we expect to teach the next generation to be good stewards of the natural world, we need to take them into nature to play, to touch with their own fingers the miracle of biodiversity in a net full of life."
Judy Strang
Judy Strang
Cub Scout Pack 747 and their families from Madison Heights
braved a strong current to come Critter Hunting in the
Pedlar River at the Pedlar Riparian Trail. It was the end of
May 2007, before the worst of the drought set in.
braved a strong current to come Critter Hunting in the
Pedlar River at the Pedlar Riparian Trail. It was the end of
May 2007, before the worst of the drought set in.
