Stream Team Activities

• Volunteers monitor for salinity during snow melt and rain events downstream of storm drains
• Make recommendations about managing salt applications
• Regular monitoring of erosion control practices during construction

• Monitor viability of plants in the basin after construction
• Assist with planting in and around the stormwater basin
• Volunteers will have two truckloads of mulch this coming year
• Provide input into plant list for the basin
• Identify areas of invasive species to be removed during construction
• Help to monitor invasive species after construction
• Possibly help to remove/weed invasive species after construction

• Comment on trail planning and other recreational aspects of final design for stormwater basin including the shelter/education area
• Trail Maintenance participation and instruction from AMC trailmakers

• Gather information about Phase II plans for the city
• Read the city's stormwater permit
• Identify areas where Stream Team members can assist or overlap with city's stormwater activities
• Assist with the educational components of stormwater management in Cambridge including information in DPW newsletters, newspaper articles, etc.

• Make sure that DCR is coordinating with the City and contractors
• Have occasional meetings with contractors