MSUEWQ Data Hub

Yaak Valley Forest Council

https://yaakvalley.org/

The Yaak Valley Forest Council (YVFC) works within the larger Yaak Headwaters Restoration Partnership to protect and restore habitat connectivity in the Yaak watershed. The implementation of a water quality monitoring program addresses several threats to our regional waterways including: increased home building, a rise in didymo and algae blooms over the last two decades, and the overarching and compounding threat of climate change. The 11 chosen monitoring sites differ in intensity of forestry activities, road density, and distance to human habitation. Statistically analyzing the results of the water quality data will help inform regional land management decisions.