At the heart of ALLARM’s mission is the goal of providing communities with the right tools and resources to collect and interpret data on their local waterways. It is this goal that drives ALLARM to connect with volunteer water monitors across the state and Chesapeake…
On September 25, ALLARM conducted a virtual training workshop for members of the Johnston’s Run Revitalization Council (JRRC). The goal of the workshop was to teach volunteers how to upload the data they collect directly into the Chesapeake Data Explorer (a centralized data repository) instead…
You are Here The Chesapeake Bay watershed encompasses 64,000 square miles within six states (PA, DE, MD, NY, VA, WV and DC), accommodating over 18.5 million people and 3,600 plant and animal species (What is a Watershed?, n.d.). Within it's bounds are over 100,000 tributaries, such…
On July 3, the ALLARM team hosted a workshop at the Yellow Breeches Creek with Cumberland County project partners to go over the Community-Based Restoration Monitoring Protocol. This protocol, which has been in development for the past few years, is aimed at assessing the effectiveness…
On Friday, June 14th, ALLARM staff Jules Vastine (ALLARM director), Isabel Ruff (Volunteer Monitoring Specialist), Crosby Wilkin ‘26, Uyen Bui ‘27, and myself embarked on a three-hour road trip to Susquehanna County to visit ALLARM’s Northern Tier Stream Team for their third in-person training. The…
ALLARM’s manuals and procedures are curated to make sure volunteers are consistently getting good quality results from their water quality testing. One of the trainer tips used by our volunteers, and highlighted in our Stream Team manual, which may often being overlooked is the angle…
On June 12, the ALLARM summer team hosted our first youth education event of the summer with the East Pennsboro Summer Camp. Using science as a tool to understand the health of our local streams, we taught children, ranging from 5-12 years old, about the…
One June 5th, ALLARM hosted an event for the Collaborative Learning School (CLS) at Stuart Park. Participants took part in a series of educational experiences, many of which occurred at the Dickinson College Farm, the theme of which was to discuss sustainable food systems in…
On Thursday, April 4th, Michelle Hom ('24) and I virtually attended the Stream Team Data Orientation meeting that was hosted by ALLARM and facilitated by Jules Vastine, Phoebe Galione, Isabel Ruff, and fellow watershed coordinator Emma Spinelli ('25). This virtual event aimed to give volunteers…
On Tuesday, March 19th, we (Max Carfrey '26 and Emma Spinelli '25) had the privilege of visiting Professor Benka-Coker’s Environmental Studies 162 class along with ALLARM director, Jules Vastine. The purpose of this class visit was to introduce ALLARM, discuss the Clean Water Act, and…
