MVIC May Last Sunday Presentation: Macroinvertebrates, Mussels, Sponges and Crayfish of the Okanogan River Basin

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Join MVIC and Fisheries Biologists for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Sonya Schaller and Connor Church for our May Last Sunday Presentation: Who's In My Creek? Say Hello to Macroinvertebrates, Mussels, Sponges and Crayfish of the Okanogan River Basin

Talk: Sunday May 31st from 5-6:30pm @ MVIC
Field Trip: 2-3pm on the same day. Meet at Twisp Park (near the Wagner Memorial Pool). Connor Church will lead the field trip where you’ll get to do some collecting with nets at a local site, and will discuss what has been captured, their life histories and which macroinvertebrates are particularly important for fish.

The field crew at the Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Program (OBMEP) has been collecting macroinvertebrate samples in the Okanogan River and its tributaries since 2009 and snorkeling the river since 2004. In the talk, Sonya will discuss some interesting findings from the macroinvertebrate data over the years and she will discuss the population of western ridged mussels in the Okanogan River. She will introduce the new species of crayfish called the Okanogan crayfish and will show some GoPro footage from snorkel surveys of freshwater sponges.

We hope to see you there for both the field trip and the talk!