Save Our Streams

Throughout 2009, the League will celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the Save Our Streams program. With the creation of SOS in 1969, the League gave citizens a simple, reliable tool to assess and protect their local streams. Over the years, Ikes and other volunteers have spent countless hours analyzing water quality, identifying problems, and developing solutions that protect waters essential for drinking and for fish and wildlife. The program's method of biological monitoring is so simple and effective that it has served as a model for other groups and state governments.

This gives us an opportunity to raise public awareness about the conservation work being done by League members all across the country. Over the next year, the League will provide materials and support for public and chapter events, develop an SOS theme for the League's national convention, and pursue opportunities nationally to highlight our leadership in volunteer monitoring.