Ventura River Stream Walk Program:  Surveying the Ventura River

The Ventura River Stream Walk Program Report is now available:
Note: The report is best viewed with Internet Explorer 6.0

Ventura River Stream Walk Report

(contact Ben at ben@sbck.org , for more details)

Channelkeeper's Stream Walk Program is a volunteer based mapping and data collection project designed to identify and survey existing ecological conditions throughout the Ventura River and Goleta Slough Watersheds. Channelkeeper's Stream Team volunteers have been collecting water quality data for over four years, and the new Stream Walking program is designed to supplement this data by providing more information about the ecological conditions throughout these watersheds.

The overall goal of the program is to collect information that facilitates the enhancement of ecological function and improvement of water quality throughout the watershed. Through this project, SBCK aims to meet the following objectives:

• To collect baseline information about the current overall health of the watershed

• To locate areas upstream of existing water quality monitoring sites that may be
contributing to ecological degradation along stream corridors

• To supplement existing SBCK water quality monitoring by identifying potential
sources of pollution.

• To provide this information to watershed stakeholders to facilitate restoration,
conservation, and planning projects

• To involve citizen volunteers in the protection of their local watershed while
providing educational opportunities and fostering environmental stewardship