Little Falls Stream Valley Park
Massachusetts Avenue Entrance, Bethesda, MD
Monitoring site is downstream from Mass Avenue, 1/4 mile
Park at the gravel parking lot on Little Falls Parkway.
Click HERE for location of Parking Lot.

Workshop Fee: Suggested donation of $5.00 per participant or $20 per family.

Attendance is limited to 25 participants per session.

Ever wonder who lives in the creek?

For all you nature lovers, here’s another activity to add to your list – macro-invertebrate watching!

Join us for a fun family activity identifying critters in the Little Falls creek. We will have all the tools you need to capture and ID the bugs that live under water. Bring your smart phone (if you have one) as we will be using the Creek Critters app for this activity. We have smart phone covers so don’t worry about it getting wet. Wear water shoes or we also have boots to lend.

While all ages are welcome, this activity is especially interesting for second graders and older as they are able to easily use the app.

Please download the free Creek Critter app before the event to ensure that it works on your phone.

Critter Identification App:

Creek Critters is an app created by Nature Forward (nee Audubon Naturalist Society) to engage people in improving the health of their local streams by leading them through a macro-invertebrate collection. The app guides novices on finding an appropriate collection site in a stream, collecting macros (“creek critters”) using an inexpensive set of supplies, and identifying the macros. A stream health report is automatically generated based on the macros that are found. The app is intended to build on the excitement generated when people learn about the stream habitat and discover the critters that make their homes in this habitat. Please download the free Creek Critter app before the event to ensure that it works on your phone

RAIN PLANS: Please check our website to see if the event is cancelled due to rain. We will decide the day of by noon.

FIND US and parking

We will be monitoring the creek in the Little Falls Stream Valley Park about 1/4 mile below Massachusetts Ave in Bethesda, MD. Park at the gravel parking lot at the intersection of Little Falls Parkway and Massachusetts Ave and head south into the Park on the path. You will see us on the right by the second bench. We will have a table and banner, so you shouldn't miss us. Click HERE for location of Parking Lot.