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…
Every so often, ALLARM hosts virtual monitoring workshops where both new and seasoned volunteers from across the state are able to come together and practice monitoring techniques, be refreshed on tips and tricks, and ask any questions they may have. On February 27th, four student…
“The environmental justice movement has changed the way scientists, researchers, policy makers, and educators go about their daily work. This bottom-up movement has redefined environment to include where people live, work, play, go to school, as well as how these things interact with the physical…
On February 13th, ALLARM held a check-in meeting with the Cumberland County Stream Team. Despite winter weather resulting in several inches of snow that morning, volunteers from Cumberland County braved the cold and attended the meeting to share some experiences and refill their stream kits!…
On Thursday, February 15th, ALLARM co-hosted the first Earth Issues Seminar of the semester, with our very own ALLARM director, Jules Vastine, as the event's presenter! Members of the Dickinson College community including students, professors and staff, joined us in Kaufman Hall, while volunteer monitors,…
It is no secret that the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries suffer from a multitude of environmental challenges: sedimentation, pollution, and invasive species, to name a few. In 2010, the Bay Goals were established with the purpose of reducing pollution in the Bay. At the…
On Tuesday November 14th, I had the opportunity to attend my first virtual data upload workshop alongside Isabel Ruff (Volunteer Monitoring Specialist) and Prerana Patil ’24. The goal of the workshop was to guide volunteers through the process of uploading their monthly baseline water quality…
At 6:30 am on Saturday, November 4th, ten student watershed coordinators and two full-time staff piled into a van to head to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forum in Shepherdstown, WV. The Chesapeake Watershed Forum is an annual watershed-wide event where restoration and protection practitioners gather…
Every month, ALLARM's Stream Team volunteers collect baseline water quality data, and upload data into the Chesapeake Data Explorer where the log of data is kept. These data, while available at all times and a very helpful resource, downloads as a massive excel sheet which…
