Lycoming College Students to Monitor Streams Over Summer

A swimsuit and waders are the official work clothes for seven Lycoming College students who are spending the summer monitoring streams in the Susquehanna Watershed as part of the Clean Water Institute at Lycoming College.

The students include: Arianna Brawn (Portsmouth, N.H.), Alex Collins (Loyalsock), Tyler Machamer (Williamsport, Pa.), Brittane Miller (Turbotville, Pa.), Kate Olsen (Muncy, Pa.), Lindsey Postaski (Milford, Pa.), Michelle Taylor (Montoursville, Pa.), and Neihl Williamson (Jersey Shore, Pa.).

Under the supervision of Dr. Mel Zimmerman, professor of biology and founding director of the Clean Water Institute, and Dr. Peter Petokas, Research Associate with the Clean Water Institute...the students will be testing water and surveying aquatic life along Lycoming Creek (Near Roaring Branch), West Branch of the Susquehanna between Lock Haven and Sunbury, the PPL Montour Preserve, Mill Creek and Rose Valley, and Eagles Mere Lake, Lake Makoma, Big Bear Creek, Buffalo Creek, Blackhole Creek, Pine Creek, Muncy Creek, White Deer Creek, and Loyalsock Creek.

In addition, the students will be conducting a farm soil survey and locating dry hydrants in the Endless Mountain region and working with Cromaglass Corporation to test the efficiency of one of their sewage treatment systems

Funding for these projects is supported by grants from Degenstein Foundation, PA Fish and Boat Commission, Growing Greener Grants to Lycoming College CWI (with partners from SRHCES), and a Growing Greener Grant to Lycoming Creek Watershed Association.