Texas Stream Team E. coli Bacteria training with the San Marcos River Rangers.
This training is open to the public (14 yrs or older, minors must have a guardian present); however, spots are limited.
Prior experience REQUIRED (>6 mo. of Standard Core), all materials provided, and free of cost to all!
Location is the Meadows Center (Spring Lake Hall) on the Texas State University Campus.
We will be utilizing their indoor Conference Room & the Stabilized Shoreline along Spring Lake.
Free Parking is provided on weekends within reasonable walking distance.
We will learn indoors, outdoors, and along shorelines, so please come prepared for the environment & weather! Training locations are generally accessible but may require participants to move over dirt track, trail, & shorelines. All locations have free parking within a 3-10 minute walk from our initial meeting location.
E. coli Bacteria monitoring is intended to build on a Standard Core monitoring session, and involves performing tests for E. coli to determine the relative risk of swimming (contact recreation) in a water body. These tests involve safely collecting samples from water bodies, preparing, plating, & incubating samples, and the visual analysis of colony growth; some fine motor control is necessary to participate.
To find out more information or reserve a spot, please contact:
Adam Berglund (Coordinator - San Marcos River Rangers)
RiverRangers@SanMarcosRiver.Org