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.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Western Carolina University students work with Dr. Bill McLarney, aquatic conservation biologist with Mainspring Conservation Trust, and Dr. Keith Gibbs, assistant professor at Western Carolina University for the College of Arts and Sciences, Geosciences and Natural Resources, to complete fish biomonitoring at Bettys Creek in Dillard June 3.
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.
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