Spring Speak: Benthic

Benthic: relating to or ocurring on the bottom under a body of water

Benthos: organism living at the bottom of a body of water

Spring Speak: Level I Spring Survey

Level I Spring Survey: locate and characterize spring based on its abiotic and biotic features, including ecological potential and management issues

Spring Speak: Stream vs Spring

Stream: Discharge, temperature, and chemistry is highly variable; strong hydraulic processes

Spring: Fairly static temperature, chemistry, and discharge, with weak hydraulic processes

Black Rock Rendezvous Spring Monitor Training

Volunteers headed out during the Black Rock Rendezvous for spring monitor training. The eight volunteers gathered data from three springs in the Black Rock NCA.

Taking the picture from the head of the spring (photo by
Brian Beffort)

Learning the equipment (Brian Beffort)

Taking GPS points (Brian Beffort)

Dissecting a discovery with Nevada Outdoor School (Brian Beffort)

Training to Monitor Springs in the Black Rock NCA

Interested in becoming a spring monitor in the Black Rock National Conservation Area? This video will go through the necessary steps and data needed to complete a Level I Spring Survey.

Spring Monitoring: Using the SPOT Meter

The SPOT Meter is used nightly to check in and let us know everything is okay. The device also has two additional buttons that will let users submit a request for assistance from the organizations, and another that connects directly with emergency dispatch, and sends GPS coordinates in both cases.

Spring Monitoring: Using the Electroconductivity Meter

This short video goes through the steps necessary to collect an electroconductivity and temperature reading from a spring using the EC Meter included in monitoring kits.

Spring Speak: Helocrene, Limnocrene, and Rheocrene

Pinto Hot Springs in the Black Rock National Conservation Area (photo by Dan Montero)

Helocrene: a spring originating from a marsh or bog

Limnocrene: a spring originating from a large, deep pool of water

Rheocrene: a spring that flows from a defined opening into a confined channel

Monitoring Results

Wilderness warriors Dorothy and Mike headed out to the Black Rock NCA and gathered data on five different springs in the area! Here are a few of their pictures:



Unnamed Calico Mountains Spring 1: Evidence of cattle and horse use as well as a
functioning springbox and pipes (photo by Mike Thorson)



 Unnamed Calico Mountains Spring 2: Evidence of spring dredging as well as
horse and cattle use (photo by Dorothy Hudig)

Unnamed Petersen Mountain Spring 1: Located on the valley floor at an elevation
of 1700' with surface water present (Mike Thorson)

Unnamed Petersen Mountain Spring 2: Evidence of human use and pipe
system (Mike Thorson)



The Springs of Soldier Meadows: A Short Background

This video provides a short introduction to the springs in Soldier Meadows, the first portion of the Black Rock National Conservation Area where volunteers will be monitoring springs.

Spring Speak: Crenobiontic

Crenobiontic: Species that are found exclusively in springs

Coming Soon...

Instructions and training videos...



Progress reports...

Downloadable forms...

 

And pictures...



Pictures...

 

Pictures!!!