Academic Outreach

Come, show your love this Valentine's week with some stream monitoring on Friday, Feb. 13!  This time, we will do both chemical and macroinvertebrate monitoring!  We will visit several streams that run through or impact Georgia College & State University:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10:30 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience is necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed...

Happy New Year!  Start your semester off right by ending the first week with a little stream monitoring!  Join us Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, for our first monitoring sessions of the semester. We will visit several streams that run through or impact Georgia College & State University:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2:30 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience is necessary...

Our last session of Stream Monitoring for the semester will be happening Friday, Nov. 21!  This time we will do both chemical and macroinvertebrate monitoring!  We will visit several streams that run through or impact Georgia College & State University:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10:30 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience is necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed...

Wait, what is a MACROINVERTEBRATE and why do I care? Macros are wonderful creatures that live below the surface of a stream or lake  They are excellent indicators of water quality and are often the larval forms of flying insects - like dragonflies!  Join Academic Outreach for a tabling event from 10:30 am until 12:30 p.m. this Thursday (Nov. 20) out by the A&S Fountain. We will have samples of macros, information about our water sampling events, and you can even make your very own...

Our next session of Chemical Stream Monitoring will be happening during Water Education Week! Join us Oct. 17, 2025! We will visit several streams that run through or impact Georgia College & State University:  Champion Creek at Lake Laurel (9 - 10 a.m.) at Georgia College's East CampusTobler Creek at Andalusia Farm (10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.)Tanyard Creek by College Station (2:30 - 3:30 p.m.) No experience is necessary. Be sure to wear closed-toed shoes that can get wet. We will use Georgia...