Get involved with your watershed. Check out our M.A.R.S. program for chance to help!
Watershed Guardians PO Box 634 Pocatello, ID 83204US
Join our mission to M.A.R.S.! (Right here on Earth)
What is M.A.R.S.?
MARS stands for Macro Biotic Aquifer Recharge Study. It is a low-cost, low-tech way to measure stream flow.
Volunteers needed to read gauges during runoff.
This spring, we need volunteers to read stream guages that we have installed throughout the Mink. You'll take pictures of the gauges and if possible read the sediment depth. We would also need calibration , which i s a bit more involved and requries more time in the field (3-5 hours)
Where are the gauges?
Currently we have 5 stream gauges installed in the Mink Creek watershed. We are hoping to have more set up in other streams in the Portneuf River Watershed. soon. Sign up and we'll show you where you'll be going. Not to be too cryptic, but the gauges are not in plain site. You will have to explore a little to find them. Not to worry, though, you'll get plenty of hints. Once there, take some photos of the gauge, yourself and your team-mates and email the photo to mike@watershedguardians.org or upload to www.facebook.com/watershedguardians
Why are we doing this?
For years, water users (irrigators) claim that beaver steal "their" water. But they only recognize what they see without knowing all of the facts. They do what they've been told: . With the flow information that you'll be collecting, we can relate the stream flow to beaver activity measured from BeaverCount.and we can show what stream flows are really doing.
What if we don't want to hike or get our feet wet?
No worries! You can help us organize or analyze the data, reach out to other volunteers, or visit our Donate Page and help us purchase more gauges, a flowmeter needed to calibrate the gauges or any number of helpful projects.such as non-lethal mitigation devices.
When will the MARS project be complete?
We will display our report at our annual fund-raiser, BeaverDamJam-Idaho (Keep checking back for date and place)
How you can help
- Fill out the registration form below.
- We'll send you the location of the gauge.
- Take a picture with your name, date, and the gauge location or gauge name.
- Email the picture to us.
- We need pictures throughout the year, but we especially need pictures during the spring runoff and throughout the summer and fall.
Sponsor a gauge!
- Fill out the registration form below.
- We'll send you the location of the gauge.
- Take a picture with your name, date, and the gauge location or gauge name.
- Email the picture to us.
- We need pictures throughout the year, but we especially need pictures during the spring runoff and throughout the summer and fall.