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Baltimore County staff collect insect samples at Deep Run to assess stream health
Summary
Baltimore County environmental staff described collecting and identifying aquatic insects at Deep Run in Meadowood Park to score stream health and guide local actions such as reducing fertilizer use and planting riparian buffers.
At Deep Run in Meadowood Park County Park, a Baltimore County environmental staff member described collecting biological samples from the stream to assess water quality by identifying aquatic insects and other invertebrates. "I'm here with my coworker Megan Brosh, and we are at Deep Run at Meadowood Park County Park. We're taking water quality samples," the staff member said. The sampling is intended to produce a single, comparable score that helps the county communicate how streams are doing.
The staff member said the team collects both chemical and biological samples: "So what that means is we take chemical samples, we take samples to find out where pollutants are coming from, from pipes that come into the stream. And then we also take biological samples, which is what we're gonna be doing today."…
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