GEORGIA ADOPT-A-STREAM
Macroinvertebrate Count Form
To be conducted quarterly

Site and Group Information
AAS Site ID:	S- Enter the site number without the S-, and select from the list.
AAS Group ID:	Sod Squad (G-1213) Richmond County
The stream is located on the Westminster Schools of Augusta campus and lies near a major roadway, Wheeler Road. The stream lies in between two high banks and pipes are present at the top and bottom of the stream.

Event Date and Participants
Date: (mm/dd/yyyy)	Time: (hh:mm am/pm)	Time Spent Monitoring  minutes	Picture/Photo Documentation? yes / no
Registered participants Enter one at a time, and select from the drop-down list. At least one must be QA/QC certified. Michael Merwin (18425)x    Alyssa Cameron (18433)x    Josh Coleman (18427)x    Emily Hood (18428)x    Katelyn Matthai (18434)x    Will McCartney (18435)x    Mary McGahee (18426)x    Parker Rhodes (18436)x    Katelyn Rimer (18432)x    Heather Rivers (18430)x    Rebecca Shine (18437)x    Meagan Snyder (18431)x    Sarah Walters (18429)x
Unregistered participants			Total number of participants:

Clear Rain in last 24 hours		Clear Present conditions
heavy rain	steady rain	heavy rain	steady rain	intermittent rain
intermittent rain	none	overcast	partly cloudy	clear/sunny
Amount of rain, if known? inches in last hours / days

Method and Habitat
Use letter codes (A=1-9, B=10-99, C=100 or more) to record the numbers of organisms found in a total sample. Then add up the number of letters in each column and multiply by the indicated value. The following columns are divided based on the organism's sensitivity to pollution.	(check all that apply) Method used: Muddy Bottom Rocky Bottom	Habitat selected for sampling: riffle leaf pack/woody debris streambed with silty area (very fine particles) streambed with sand or small gravel vegetated bank other (specify)

Sensitive	Somewhat Sensitive	Tolerant
ABC stonefly nymphs ABC mayfly nymphs ABC water penny larvae ABC riffle beetle ABC aquatic snipe flies ABC caddisflies ABC gilled snails	ABC common net spinning caddisflies ABC dobsonfly/hellgrammites & fishfly ABC dragonfly & damselfly nymphs ABC crayfish ABC crane flies larvae ABC aquatic sow bugs ABC scud ABC clams & mussels	ABC midge fly larvae ABC blackfly larvae ABC lunged snails ABC aquatic worms ABC leech
2 # of letters times 3 = 6	1 # of letters times 2 = 2	1 # of letters times 1 = 1

Now add together the three index values =  9 total index value. The total index value will give you an indication of the water quality of your stream. Good water quality is indicated by a variety of different kinds of organisms, with no one kind making up the majority of the sample.

Water Quality Rating
Excellent (>22)	Good (17-22)	Fair (11-16)	Poor (<11)

Notes/Other species found: