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EAST AND WEST HOLLAND WATERSHED
Claire using the Flow Tracker to gage the streamflow at the Upper East Holland site
Cray fish galore!
Winter field work
June 2017 flooding event
Collecting Benthic invertebrates
Each benthic invertebrate survey requires finding 100 invertebrates in each sampling area, we use these bins to take a closer look and check if we have enough
Michelle and Colin taking a look at the abundance of benthic invertebrates at the Holland Landing site
Checking out how the stream sensor looks at our Upper 404 site
We found a Crayfish living in our water sensor!
The East Holland River where it flows beneath the road to St. Andrews Collage
The East Holland River after a storm
West Holland River
Anna and Colin carrying supplies back to the field vehicle
Collecting a groundwater sample
Anna praticing bird ID skills at Holland Landing
Downloading data
Culvert at our Mid East Holland site
The water sensor at our mid East Holland site
The West Holland River
The combonation of this site upstream of the 404 and another site downstream of the 404 will help us determine the impact the highway has on Chloride concentations
Preparing precipitation collectors
Searching for stormwater retention ponds in the East Holland Watershed
Stormwater retention pond in East Holland Watershed
Inflow to stormwater retention pond
The Staff of St. Andrews Collage have installed a stream gage to monitor water levels.
Chris Wellen investigating field sites in Newmarket
Groundwater monitoring well in Holland Landing, ON
Dowloading a stream sensor from one of Hafsa's field sites in Newmarket
INNISFIL CREEK WATERSHED
WILLOW CREEK WATERSHED
Sammy and Colin caught in shallow water while attempting to kayak a stretch of Willow Creek
Local residents explained this was the lowest they had ever seen Willow Creek, this dry tributary is one of many seen throughout Willow Creek's Headwaters
Dry tributary in the headwaters of Willow Creek
Colin looking at one of the groundwater well locations
Colin using the EXOsonde to collect information along Willow Creek
Relaxing at the last stop along the sampling route, Lower Willow Creek
Field work among a forest of ferns
Lower Matheson site
Opening up a well to take mesurements and grab a water sample
Team work to prepare precipitation collectors
Claire and Colin taking a sample from a groundwater well at the Lower Willow Creek site
Ice forms in late December 2015 along the East Holland River near Holland Landing.
Dwayne Keir celebrates successful installation of a stream and hyporheic sensor along East Holland near St. Andrew's College, Aurora
Claire explores potential sites along Hwy 400 for salt spray measurements
Claire prepares for installation of a stream sensor in the headwaters of Upper Matheson Creek
Removing a stream sensor for download
Ponded areas within our site along Hwy 400 near Midhurst, ON
Hydrometric gauging station - Pefferlaw Brook near Udora
Erin downloads a conductivity sensor at Upper Willow Creek
Erin installs a hyporheic well at Lower Willow Creek
Claire and Chris Wellen discuss groundwater-surface water interactions in the Willow Creek Watershed
Claire installs a well in the Willow Creek Watershed
Graduate student Colin Ash enjoys a snowy day near Midhurst, ON
Erin snowshoes into our site near Hwy 400 near Midhurst, ON
A snowy field day in the headwaters of Willow Creek, near Oro-Medonte, ON
MIMICO CREEK WATERSHED
Exploring Mimico Creek
Claire and Dwayne checking out a channelized portion of the creek
Mimico Creek meanders through hydro fields
A portion of the mainstem of Mimico Creek's streambed is surronded by layers of shale! Lots of fossils to be discovered
The EXOsonde, used to take mesurements of tempreture, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH and more along the entire stream.
Sunset along the mainstem of Mimico Creek
Another channelized portion of Mimico Creek beneath the Gardiner Expressway
Where Mimico Creek flows under the 407
WEST HUMBER RIVER WATERSHED
After 10 minutes of chipping away at the ice, Hafsa was finally able to collect a sample.
Hafsa looking out over the Gardenbrooke stormwater management pond on a winter morning.
Brampton Reference site during the winter, looking upstream.
The beavers built Hafsa a little wading pool in one of the tributaries of the West Humber River.
Overlooking one of the stormwater management ponds in the West Humber watershed during the winter.
Similarly to these mallards, students in the Watershed Hydrology Research Group are not discouraged by a little snow.
The beaver dam in its initial stages.
Hafsa is not particularly pleased with the recent construction in her stream channel...
Wyatt admires the hard work of his favourite ecosystem engineers.
BLACK CREEK WATERSHED
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