This is information you may want to collect about your monitoring site.
•Find out in which ecozone your monitoring site is located.
•Find out what its landscape features are. Are there plains or hills? What soil types are found at your site?
•Make a list of some of the plants and animals that live in your area. Are any of them endangered or non-native?
•Describe your community and its inhabitants. How many people live near your monitoring site?
•Discover the history. What are the stories of past settlement and First Nations traditional use?
•Find out how your water is treated.
•How do people use the land surrounding your monitoring site? Why do people think the land is important?
•What are the water use issues and current conditions? Here are some places you can find information about your monitoring site.
•Interview people who live in your community and listen to their water stories.
•Go to the library. Ask the librarian for help.
•Contact your municipal government to get information about how your water is being treated.
•Search the Internet. Try: http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/ and http://www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca/indes/en.html. (Click on WATER and your Provincial Environmental Department.)