Water Quality Division

Saturday & Sunday, March 9-10, 2013 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (both days)

Armory Municipal Building
101 N. Water Avenue
Tahlequah, OK 74464

Cost: FREE

For more information, contact Kim Shaw: 918-398-1804 
cheryl.cheadle@conservation.ok.gov

What you need to know about Blue Thumb Trainings for New Volunteers:

• Volunteers must attend both days.
  
• There is no cost.
  
• Best age range is middle school through retirement.
  
• Training is a combination of indoors and outdoors.
  
• Trainings are held in various locations in OK. 
  
• Trainings introduce participants to stream ecology. Presentations cover pollutants, watersheds, water chemistry,
  monitoring, field collections, stewardship, environmental education, volunteer responsibilities, and more. 
  
• Participants who complete the training sessions have the option of receiving a Blue Thumb test kit and working
  with us to monitor a stream and/or educating local people about the stream.
  
• Trainings are often held on a Friday and Saturday, or Saturday and Sunday.

Volunteers and staff members come together on Coal Creek in Tulsa County to see what fish are enjoying a swim. Fish collection data can tell a powerful story about the condition of a stream!