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Photo essay: Mill Creek monitoring

The water team walking down an embankment to get to the creek.

Early mornings and some of the first cool weather of the season made for a recent pleasant day of monitoring at Mill Creek.

Check out the sights as TWRI Research Specialist Amanda Tague, Graduate Assistant Anjan Tiwari and Water Intern Kyle Shelton monitor Mill Creek and collect water quality measurements.

Learn more about the Mill Creek Watershed Partnership.

Researchers holding water monitoring equipment walk toward a stream that flows under a concrete bridge.
Researchers walking down to the first site, TWRI
Kyle stands by a river filling a sample bottle with water.
Kyle filling one of the sample bottles, TWRI
A researcher stands knee-deep in a river. Two researchers stand on bank and look on.
Checking the depth of the creek before setting up, TWRI
Rocks in a dry part of the stream with brush on the banks.
The site was ponded, so sampled only, TWRI
A beautiful, green area of the forest.
The fourth and final site was also ponded, TWRI
A stream runs through greenery with a blue sky above.
Upstream of our monitoring site, TWRI
Researchers walk through tall brush toward a river.
Researchers arriving at the second site, TWRI
Under a concrete bridge, researchers walk through brush.
The third site, TWRI
Amanda smiles at a clip board as Kyle fills it out.
Amanda helping Kyle fill out the data sheet, TWRI
A caterpillar sits on a branch of a plant.
A very photogenic caterpillar found near a site, TWRI

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