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DEP Stream Biological Assessment Methods Training 3/26/2025

DEP's Stream Biological Assessment Methods Training

March 26, 2025


When:       Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT  

Where:       Starkey Environmental Education Center, in J.B. Starkey Wilderness Park
                   10500 Wilderness Park Rd. New Port Richey, FL 34655 (see map below)  

What to bring: Chest Waders, rain gear, clipboard with appropriate forms and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP, see table below), dipnet and brush (if you have them), lunch, and water.
 
Method SOP sections (access most current SOP) Form (access current versions)
Stream Condition Index (SCI) SCI 1000 None
Stream Habitat Assessment (HA) and Physical/Chemical   FT 3000 and FT 3100 FD 9000-03
FD 9000-04
FD 9000-05
Rapid Periphyton Survey (RPS) FS 7230 FD 9000-25
Linear Vegetation Survey (LVS) FS 7320 FD 9000-32

Course Schedule (times may be approximate)
 
Time Activity Location  
8:30-9:30 a.m. Introductions Starkey Environmental Education Center  
9:30-10 a.m. Break and Field Prep Pithlachascotee River  
10-10:30 a.m. Phys-Chem Characterization Field Practice Pithlachascotee River  
10:30 -11:45 a.m. HA Field Practice Pithlachascotee River  
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunch (We suggest you bring a lunch)  On your own  
1-2:30 p.m. Field Prep and SCI Pithlachascotee River  
2:30-3:30 p.m. RPS and LVS field practice Pithlachascotee River  
3:30-3:45 p.m. Break Starkey Environmental Education Center  
3:45-4:15 p.m. HA Examples Starkey Environmental Education Center
4:15-4:30 p.m. Evaluations and Wrap-Up Starkey Environmental Education Center  

 		  


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