Chess citizen science featured in FBA article

by Hannah Parry-Wilson, Citizen Science Co-ordinator

The Chilterns National Landscape via the Chess Smarter Water Catchment is spearheading innovative research addressing one of the government’s top priorities – to protect our rivers and chalk streams.

The Chess Citizen Science team recently published an article with The Freshwater Biological Association on the integration of citizen science in river catchment management.

The study found that through a baseline assessment, river catchment programmes can effectively plan a citizen science programme to tackle water quality, water quantity, and ecological issues together.

Key to the success of the research is effective communication with all those involved, especially regular updates for the citizen scientists who contribute their time and energy to collecting data for the research.

If you’d like to find out more about citizen science in the Chess valley, sign up for our free, catered Chess citizen Science Stakeholder information event on the 30th September, the details can be found below in our “upcoming events” section.