Chloride Monitoring This winter project tracks road salt runoff. Read More Special Projects Illinois RiverWatch provides opportunities for citizen scientists to join various special projects that focus on certain invertebrate species or water quality conditions that are of special concern. Chloride Monitoring This winter project tracks road salt runoff. Read More Mussel Monitoring Learn to collect and identify these highly sensitive species. Read More Plastic Monitoring Are tiny plastic particles found in your stream? Read More Temperature Monitoring Borrow a datalogger to find out if your stream is unusually hot in the summer. Read More