Friends of Lindsey Creek

Many cities have urban streams that undergo natural stream processes. Within Clinton, Mississippi, Lindsey Creek (LC) captures most of the rainwater that falls within the city. The headwaters of LC lie within the city center, which is currently comprised of a roughly 85-acre mature forest. Within the forest is a depressional wetland that forms LC, which flows southwest through Clinton and south to its confluence with Bakers Creek, a 303(d) listed waterbody for biological impairment. This educational short-course is designed for adults in the community to learn about stream ecology and monitor LC over the course of a year. A combination of active and passive sampling will be used to capture the best picture of biological diversity at each of three monitoring stations. These will include D-frame nets (active) and leaf packs (passive). Samples will be processed on-site according to MSWS protocols. As a group, we will create a photo-catalogue of specimens collected to be used in future biomonitoring courses, for community education, and to suggest stream improvement measures to adjacent landowners and city engineers.