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Stroud Water Research Center Educators Christina Medved and Jamie Blaine traveled to Baru, Costa Rica to present a Leaf Pack workshop for local communities to learn about ways to monitor and protect their natural resources.

In September 2009, Yosemite Institute began using leaf packs to study macroinvertebrates in four streams in Yosemite Valley. Students have been studying water chemistry in these streams for several years but institute staff felt that biomonitoring would provide a more accurate measurement of the health of these ecosystems.

This video highlights the partnership between Stroud Water Research Center, Riverkeeper, and Hudson Basin River Watch in the early 2000s. The Leaf Pack experiment involves creating an artificial leaf pack,

In this issue: Peruvian Leaf Pack; Macroinvertebrate Review: Scuds vs. Sowbugs; Changing Lives & Communities in Costa Rica.

David C. Richardson wrote in the professional journal Stormwater about Forest Grove Community School in Oregon and Mahopac High School in New York, two of the schools that are using the Leaf Pack Experiment and getting results that are making a real difference to their communities.

In this issue: First Leaf Pack Workshop in Costa Rica; Macroinvertebrate Review: Blackflies vs. Midges; Leaf Pack Workshop: the Guatemalan Experience.

Charlie Graham teaches all subjects, including science, at Forest Grove Community School. He takes his job seriously and gets genuine enjoyment from watching his students connect the dots and understand their relationship to the environment. So, it’s no wonder that he is a fan of the Leaf Pack Experiment Kit.

For the 17 biologists, conservation workers and educators from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and the United States who took part in a total immersion Leaf Pack Ambassador workshop, the third week in October was an intense time that held great promise.

In this issue: Leaf Pack Ambassadors: Leaf Pack Goes Spanish; Macroinvertebrate Review: Mayflies vs. Stoneflies; News And Success From The Classroom; Online Macroinvertebrate Key.

“Gracias por esta oportunidad,” wrote Gabrielle Gutierrez, a biology teacher at the Guanacaste Conservation Area in northern Costa Rica very near Stroud Water Research Center’s tropical stream laboratory at the Maritza Biological Station. “Thank you for this opportunity.”

In this issue: High School Students Teach New York City Residents About Drinking Water; Macroinvertebrate Review: Corydalidae vs. Hydropsychidae; Macroinvertebrate Images for Classroom Use.

In this issue: High Schoolers To Walk Entire Length of NYC Water Supply System!; Leaf Pack in Guatemala; Leaf Pack Goes to Summer Camp; High Schoolers Use Leaf Pack To Teach First Graders.