Port Moody Ecological Society

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SAMPLING TOUR FOCUS: Visit five water sampling sites, collect samples and do water quality tests in the Noons Creek and West Noons Creek watershed. Visits to several other water sampling stations in other nearby watersheds might be included, time permitting.

TOUR DETAILS: Rain or Shine; Meet at Noons Creek Hatchery/Lab Building at 9:00 am, S a t u r d a y ,   O c t o b e r   6 ,   2 0 0 1 ; Located:  Immediately behind the Port Moody Recreation Center, at 300 Ioco Road, Port Moody (follow the signs).  

Next Tours:  every three weeks thereafter on Saturday mornings 9:00 am - 12:30 pm.

 Tests  Include:

	Dissolved Oxygen;
	Air Temperature;
	Turbidity;
	Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD);
	pH;
	Water Temperature;
	Total Dissolved Solids (TDS);
	Coliforms (E-Coli);
	Nutrient Testing;
	Benthic Macroinvertebrates (Aquatic Bugs).

TOUR DURATION: 3 hours (9:30 am to 12:30 pm).

ITINERARY:

9:30 am: Leave: Noons Creek Hatchery building and, depending on volunteer and observer turn out, car pool to first water sampling station at Noons Creek and the BC Hydro right-of-way service road, Coquitlam. Second sampling station:  Noons Creek and Diamond Crescent, Coquitlam. Third and fourth sampling stations:  Noons Creek and Panorama Drive, Coquitlam.  Fifth sampling station:  West Noons Creek and Panorama Drive, Port Moody.

12:30 pm: Return:  Noons Creek Hatchery building; de-briefing; complete tests; coffee and donuts; wrap.

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Optional, Time permitting -- Sixth sampling station: West Noons Creek and Deerwood Place, Port Moody.

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Other possible options, in subsequent tours: 
 

	Slaughterhouse Creek at Murray Street, Port Moody;
	Hutchinson Creek at Sentinal Road or Shoreline Park or Heritage Mountain Boulevard, Port Moody;
	Suter Brook at Murray Street or Shoreline Park, Port Moody;
	Pigeon Creek at Murray Street, Port Moody;
	Hett Creek at Shoreline Park, Port Moody;
	Turner Creek at Shoreline Park, Port Moody;
	Mossom Creek at East Road, Anmore;
	South Schoolhouse Creek at Murray Street, Port Moody;
	South Schoolhouse Creek at Miller Park, Coquitlam;
	North Schoolhouse Creek at Ioco Road, Port Moody;
	Imperial Creek at Ioco Road, Port Moody;
	[four wheel drive access only] West Noons Creek at BC Hydro right-of-way service road, Anmore;
	[four wheel drive access only] Mossom Creek at BC Hydro right-of-way service road, Anmore;
	[four wheel drive access only] Noons Creek at Cypress Lake Access Road and Cypress Lake (elevation 830 meters) (headwaters of Noons Creek atop Eagle Mountain in Eagle Mountain Provincial Park).