Western Carolina University students study aquatic fish, insect monitoring on Bettys Creek
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Current students and graduates of Western Carolina University use a net to catch insects in Bettys Creek and conduct insect monitoring to determine the health of the stream based on the the health of the insects. Dr. Bill McLarney, aquatic conservation biologist with Mainspring Conservation Trust, also led the group of students through a fish biomonitoring session as part of the Trust’s Stream Biomonitoring Program.
DILLARD– Western Carolina University students and recent graduates donned their waders and trekked downstream on Bettys Creek in Dillard for aquatic fish and insect monitoring on June 3.
