RIVER WATCH UPDATE

Spring 2005

          Last September and October, the River Watch students collected their samples at the 4 sites, Hudson and Sacandaga River gauging stations, Rod Johnson’s front yard (confluence), and Erica Cartier’s home (downstream).  They brought them back to the lab to analyze for chemical content. We are now growing our own culture of coliform and E. coli, thanks to a grant Mrs. LaBombard received last spring from the NY State Water Federation.   The results were presented in a poster display at the annual consortium at the Darrow School in New Lebanon, NY last December.  Also, Hadley Luzerne entered a team in the “mock stream analysis” part of the program.   Our students analyzed an unknown sample of water for nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, and chloride ions.  The winner was the team that comes closest to the actual values which were determined by the River Watch coordinator. Hadley Luzerne took 1^st place in the poster contest, identifying macro-invertebrates segment, and the mock stream analysis. We also came in 3^rd in the power point presentation.   This spring’s collection dates will be the 2^nd week in May. The students will begin preparing for the competition next October.

          Students participating are seniors AJ Brooks, Kaitlin Sicke, Jesse Keenan, and Ted Dalaba. Juniors are Dennis Beatty, Chris Love, Merril Kline, Renee Rudolph, and Justin Rosenbrock, Amy Santell. Some of the Sophomores include Curtis Jones, Brittany Aston.

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