Summit Soil and Water Conservation District in partnership with Midwest Biological Institute (MBI) is offering a two-day training course on sample collection, identification and data evaluation of benthic macroinvertebrates. This training course fulfills the training required for those who are pursuing Level 2 Qualified Data Collector (QDC) status under the Ohio Credible Data Program.
This course will be taught by taught by Marty Knapp. Prior to joining MBI in 2007, Marty spent much of his career at the Ohio EPA sampling macroinvertebrates throughout Ohio and developing a wetland invertebrate community index for Ohio’s wetland program. Marty is the lead macroinvertebrate taxonomist for MBI and is currently assessing the macroinvertebrate communities in a variety of river basins throughout Ohio, Illinois and Indiana.
This two-day training includes both classroom and field training.