{"id":2203,"date":"2026-02-16T18:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tracyaviary.org\/nature-center\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=2203"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:51:49","slug":"utah-water-watch-training","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/tracyaviary.org\/nature-center\/event-calendar\/utah-water-watch-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Water Watch Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join Utah State University – Water Quality Extension here at the Nature Center for an interactive, hands-on training session to become a UWW volunteer! Tracy Aviary has <\/span>adopted a monitoring site on the Jordan River, and volunteers will help collect water quality data once a month<\/span> from April through October. The data we collect helps inform policy and can also support future funding to improve our state\u2019s water quality. <\/span><\/p>\n

Participants will start indoors for an overview of monitoring protocols before heading out to a local site for field practice. Please come prepared for a short walk and Utah’s unpredictable spring weather\u2014this event is rain or shine!<\/p>\n

Volunteer Training Requirements<\/h6>\n
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  1. Sign up to be a Tracy Aviary Volunteer<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    SIGN UP HERE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

    <\/b><\/b>2. Independent Online Training (required before the in-person training):<\/b>
    \n<\/b>All volunteers must complete Utah Water Watch\u2019s Tier 1 Collection training online <\/span>    here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    You are required to watch the following videos:<\/p>\n

    Monitoring Safety, Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature, pH, Turbidity, and E. coli.<\/p>\n

    You are also required to read Secchi disk, Decontamination, and State Numeric Criteria. You are also required to read the Utah Water Watch Volunteer Monitoring Manual.<\/p>\n

    3. In-Person Volunteer Training:<\/b>
    \n<\/b>Saturday, March 28th 10:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM<\/b>
    \n<\/b>This will take place at the Nature Center on 3310 S 1000 W South Salt Lake, UT\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    REGISTER HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Get ready to dive into water quality monitoring with Utah State University!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2244,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-2203","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t