Congratulations to Woody Stanley, LFWA Salt Watch Team Leader, for being named the Izaak Walton League Winter Salt Watch monitor of the Month, February 2022. LFWA is proud to partner with Izaak Walton in their winter salt watch program.
From the Izaak Walton Website:
Woody Stanley is the Salt Watch coordinator for the Little Falls Watershed Alliance in Bethesda, MD. While LFWA had a Salt Watch team, Woody took the program up a notch this year and recruited, organized and trained 16 volunteers to monitor three streams in the watershed at seven locations.
The volunteers test monthly (since November) to establish baseline readings and before and after snowstorms with Woody’s support at every step. He’s always available to answer questions, clarify the reading procedure and even meet volunteers creek-side to walk them through the app and testing procedure. Further, Woody is the inventor of the Tomato Stake Scooper – a really handy way to take a sample while safely standing on the creek bank, eliminating the risk of falling into the creek.
Woody also maintains our database, compiling all the information and producing graphics that are posted on our website and on community listservs.
Because of Woody’s efforts in organizing this initiative, LFWA now has a good idea of how much salt is being used during storms and how it is affecting the creeks. We have already used the data in our advocacy for more judicious salt application. And at least one local municipality is seriously rethinking their salt policy because of this increased data. Further, because Woody presents the information in a clear graphic form, public awareness of the problems with salt has increased and we are hearing from people who want to know who they can call to clean up excess salt.
Learn about the LFWA Salt Watch Program HERE.