On September 30th, ALLARM was invited by the Allegheny County Conservation District to lead a Data Interpretation Webinar as a part of their “advocate for your watershed” series. Julie Vastine, ALLARM's Director, and Suzanne Hartley, ALLARM's Assistant Director, led the webinar with the goal of…
Isabel: On August 31, ALLARM hosted their first virtual chemical training workshop for Lackawanna and Luzerne Master Watershed Stewards who are participating in ALLARM’s Stream Team program. It was an exciting milestone because adapting to online workshops allows us to continue training new volunteers even…
Event: Stream Team Refresher Training ALLARMies: Julie Vastine, Suzanne Hartley, Hayat Rasul, Hiba Aoid, Isabel Ruff On July 15, 2020, ALLARM hosted a virtual refresher meeting for Stream Team volunteers. After suspending volunteer monitoring for four months due to the pandemic, this meeting was…
Columbia Stream Team Virtual Data Explorer Meeting Participants: Hiba Aoid '21, Rachel Krewson '20, Karan Shakya '20, Helen Schlimm On March 26, 2020, Community Science Specialist Helen Schlimm along with three watershed coordinators Rachel Krewson, Karan Shakya, and myself, held a virtual Zoom meeting with…
The zoom Data Interpretation meeting on April 4th, 2020 with the Johnston’s Run Revitalization volunteer monitoring group was bittersweet for me in my final days as a Watershed Coordinator at ALLARM. As the first group I helped to train when I joined ALLARM, Johnston’s Run…
Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM) would like to acknowledge and celebrate the work our Watershed Coordinators have done this year to support the organization and our community volunteers for student employment appreciation week. Over the 2019-2020 academic year, our Watershed Coordinators have... co-lead 6…
February 18, 2020 ALLARM Members: Helen Schlimm '17, Suzanne Hartley, Karan Shakya '20 On February 5, ALLARM invited the Stream Team from Cumberland County for their QC (Quality Control) sample submission and to introduce them on how to submit their results to the Chesapeake Data…
November 2019: Presenting on Environmental Ethics and Chesapeake Bay Forum Mid November was a busy time for ALLARM. Watershed coordinators were preparing for workshops, boxes of supplies were delivered, Water Facts were being designed and hung and analysis was run for numerous water samples. During…
Grace: On November 16, 2019, members of ALLARM traveled to attend the Chesapeake Bay Forum in West Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay Forum is an annually-held event to bring together organizations working to restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This year’s theme, “Better Together: Diverse and Innovative…
