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We appreciate your interest in the Illinois Smallmouth Alliance (ISA) Adopt-A-Stream program. This program provides families, local business owners, civic groups, neighborhood organizations, youth groups, churches, and academic institutions the opportunity to become involved in an environmental program that helps to protect our natural resources. The objectives of this program are to increase community involvement and awareness of water resources, develop watershed-based environmental education, increase reporting of water quality problems, and to improve water quality and stream habitat. By committing to the program, your group or organization agrees to collect litter and conduct water quality monitoring along your adopted stream once a year for at least two years.
MATERIALS
The ISA agrees to provide the following materials
to get you started on your way to becoming an
Adopt-A-Stream Program Volunteer:
- Water quality monitoring kits
- Event notification and reporting forms
- Recognition on the Adopt-A-Stream Website
- Educational literature
- Technical assistance by request
- Liability release form
- Safety and health checklist
REQUIRED TASKS
The following items are necessary to fulfill membership obligations in the
Adopt-A-Stream program:
- One stream cleanup each year for two years
- One water quality monitoring event each year for two years
- Photo monitoring: submit photographs of your stream segment
- Completed event notification form preceding each cleanup
- Completed reporting form following each cleanup
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
The following additional items are suggested, but are not necessary to participate in the
Adopt-A-Stream program:
- Drain Stenciling: labeling of storm water inlets with "Don't Dump" stickers and distribution of corresponding educational material about storm water runoff
- Stream Renovations: stream bank plantings, erosion control
- Invite speakers on environmental issues
- Stream walks, bird watching, wildlife observations, camping
- Workshops and classroom activities
APPLY NOW!
Download the documents required to get started:
Submit your completed form(s) electronically or via mail:
ISA Conservation
478 North Van Buren Avenue
Bradley, Illinois 60915
+1 773 771 9042
isaconservation@comcast.net
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