The Adopt-A-Creek program is designed to educate middle and high school students on the importance of our local creeks and watershed through hands-on science and environmental stewardship projects. Students and teachers will assess the health of their local creek, surrounding riparian zone, and watershed. Citizen science monitoring will inform the planning of a stream enhancement project that will be developed and implemented by the students.

NEW FEATURE! Check out our Students and Streams monitoring map!

The program includes:

• The basics of stream ecology.
• Mapping your local creek and watershed.
• Monitor precipitation and enter data into a worldwide precipitation monitoring database.
• Learn about salmonids and their water quality requirements.
• Collect and analyze water quality data.
• Stormwater pollution prevention education
• Planning and implementing a creek stewardship project.
• Presenting on your creek stewardship project

Resource links:

• Stroud Water Research Center:
  • Stories from the Stream
• Mapping:
  • Students and Streams Map – Sonoma Water resource map
  • Watershed Mapping – Sonoma Land Trust
  • Community Mapping 101 – Jane Goodall
  • Model My Watershed – Wikiwatershed Program
• Monitoring: 
  • Sonoma OneRain
  • Weather monitoring CoCoRahs Program
  • iNaturalists projects

Sign Up for the Adopt A Creek Program

Adopt a Creek Teacher Letter.pdf

For more information about this program, please contact David Berman at (707) 521-6201 or David.Berman@scwa.ca.gov