Brown Trout and Biofilms - Chess Citizen Science Evening

Discover more about chalk stream management and how you can get involved!

This evening of discussions will focus on sharing the results from two recent citizen science research projects:

We will be joined by Erin Doyle from Cranfield University who will share the outcomes from her PhD research into using biofilms to detect river pollution, including data collected by citizen scientists on the Chess and Misbourne.

We will be sharing the results of our first redd surveys on the Chess, and be joined by Martin van Heerden from the Environment Agency to discuss the regional picture of brown trout breeding populations.

This event is run by the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project as part of the River Chess Smarter Water Catchment partnership. It is free and open to everyone to come along to, whether or not you have been involved with any citizen science activities before!

What to expect:

Meeting at 6.30pm at the White Hill Centre we will have a series of presentations. There will also be light refreshments and a chance to chat.

The line up of speakers will include:

"Biofilm Research: Using Biofilms to Monitor Pollution Events" - Erin Doyle, Cranfield University

"Chess Redd Survey Results" - Iona McMillan, Citizen Science Coordinator, Chilterns Chalk Streams Project and Paul Jennings, River Chess Association

"Hertfordshire and London Redd Survey Results" - Martin Von Heerden, Environment Agency

Photo of our redd survey training - find out our results at the citizen science evening!

Meeting location:

This event is happening at the White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham HP5 1AG.

There will be signs on the night to direct you to our event room.

Getting here:

PUBLIC TRANSPORT: The White Hill Centre is only 5 minutes walk from Chesham Train Station, with easy train links to other towns along the Chess such as Chorleywood and Rickmansworth.

PARKING: There is free parking available on site at the White Hill Centre.

Who is this event for?

This free event is open to everyone! Whether you are already a chalkstreams volunteer, interested in the Chess, or just want to hear some cool facts about rivers ... anyone with any interest is very welcome to come along.

Contact:

If you have any questions about the evening, please email us at [email protected].

Our last citizen science evening at the White Hill centre

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