This is a Summary of the years of good work by our volunteers and the investment in the watershed. Systematic data is now in place to drive future decisions and work, but we need to continue the processes to monitor for any changes driven by development or change in environmental patterns that threaten the watershed. Next steps: Monitoring by Town Conservation Committees, Support to culvert processes to enhance connectivity, 2025 Warner River Watershed project update 4-4-25 and Understanding of the changes to fish population. Additional needs for volunteer actions beginning this spring. Leadership from Fish and Game and the Basil Woods TU will continue. (One new face. Greg Swick has replaced George Embley who has taken a step back from active participation.) Heads up for direct contact.
From: Ben Nugent, Fish and Game Biologist
Hello everyone! We hope this note providing an update for the Warner River Watershed Conservation Project finds our dedicated volunteers and friends well. We’re looking forward to resuming stream monitoring again this field season and there will be opportunities to provide assistance for a variety of
reasons. This will mark the 14th year of this volunteer dependent effort in the watershed. Over the course of this project, we have amassed a list for the contact emails from a great number of volunteers. In order to ensure we maintain a list of volunteers who are still interested in receiving these updates and/or to sign up for field sampling days, please send an email to Greg Swick (justswick@gmail.com) to confirm you are still interested. Greg will likely send this same request when we announce our first volunteer day in mid-April. Thank you.