Welcome to the Leaf Pack Network, an international network of people investigating their local stream ecosystems. Leaf Pack Network is part of WikiWatershed, an initiative of Stroud Water Research Center to help people advance knowledge and stewardship of fresh water.
Macroinvertebrates
Dive Into PocketMacros, a Free Mobile App Version of Macroinvertebrates.org
PocketMacros features nine orders of aquatic insects, plus other benthic macroinvertebrates commonly used in water quality biomonitoring and environmental education, with 150 taxa total.
Leaf Pack Network Adds Hands-On Experience to Virtual Learning
A Canadian university is making sure students get fieldwork experience despite the pandemic — by mailing them freshwater field kits to use at home.
Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Motion Videos
Explore our video library of aquatic macroinvertebrates wriggling, swimming, and crawling through stream water!
ROCK ON With Rock Pack Experiment Videos
Designed for 7th-12th grade learners and adult audiences, this video series provides an in-depth look into caddisfly ecology, ecosystem engineering, fluvial geomorphology, and more.
Leaf Pack Network Data Can Now Be Entered Into the Water Quality Mobile App!
The app helps users log and share data they collect in the field, interpret the data through learning pop-ups, and export it to create databases.
Introducing the Monitor My Watershed Data Portal
The Monitor My Watershed® data portal lets you share your Leaf Pack Network® data with the world and explore do-it-yourself environmental sensor datasets.
