Blue Thumb - Stream Protection Through Education

Blue Thumb Trainings

If you would like to attend a Stream Monitoring Training, you must have already taken a Stream Ecology Education training.
*If you are interested in learning how to monitor and have already participated in a Stream Ecology Education training, or have taken a Stream Monitoring training and would like a refresher course on how to monitor, please email bluethumb@conservation.ok.gov for a special code to unlock the single day training.*

 Other Upcoming Events:

2019 Fish Collection Dates
Our Fish Collections follow a rotating Ecoregion schedule, with each Ecoregion being fished roughly every 4-5 years. This year, we will be in the Central Great Plains Ecoregion. The following active creeks being sampled for fish this year are:

  • Black Bear Creek: Railroad Yard
  • Boomer Creek: 3rd Ave
  • Boomer Creek: S. Perkins
  • Chisholm Creek: 33rd and Western (7/1/2019)
  • Chisholm Creek: NW 186th (7/26/2019)
  • Coffee Creek: N. Sooner Road (7/15/2019)
  • Cow Creek: Hwy 51
  • Deer Creek: Coffee Creek Road (7/27/2019)
  • Duck Creek: Myers Park
  • East Cache Creek: Big Green (8/14/2019)
  • Each Cache Creek: Rodgers Lane (8/15/2019)
  • Fourmile Creek: Adams Park (7/29/2019)
  • Little Deep Creek: Weatherford (7/25/2019)
  • Mustang Creek: Morgan Road (7/9/2019)
  • Sanborn-Hazen Lake Creek: Strickland Park (8/16/2019)
  • Spring Creek: Martin Park (7/24/2019)
  • Stillwater Creek: Babcock Park
  • Tributary to North Canadian (7/23/2019)
  • West Cache Creek (7/11/2019)
  • Wolf Creek: Gore Blvd (7/12/2019)
  • Wolf Creek: McMahon Soccer Park (7/10/2019)

If you decide to accompany us on a fish collection, but do not monitor a stream, please email us to figure out what time you need to be there. You will also need a pair of close-toed shoes that can get wet/muddy, clothes that can get wet and dirty, sunscreen, a hat, plenty of water, and something for lunch. We can provide you with more information after you speak with us.

Dates may be scheduled or cancelled with little notice depending on rain events.

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Join Blue Thumb, GRDA, and OSU Extension for a Journey to the Bottom of the Creek!
Discover the water cycle, how water gets polluted, what lives under the water, and how erosion works! Seine for bugs and fish and wade in the creek with Cousin Ed!
July 11-12, 2019: 9-12 Year Olds
Armory Municipal Center
100 N Water
Talequah, OK 74465
THIS CAMP HAS BEEN CANCELLED
(Registration closes June 14, 2019 or until the camp reaches 25 participants)
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Join Blue Thumb, GRDA, and OSU Extension for A Grand Adventure!
Learn about the water cycle, zip across the lake on the GRDA Eco-lab boat, learn how streams form, check for water clarity, compare larva with the adult version of creek bugs and seine for fish!
July 18-19, 2019: 9-12 Year Olds
GRDA: Ecosystems and Education Center
420 E Hwy 28
Langley, OK 74350
Click here to register!
(Registration closes June 14, 2019 or until the camp reaches 25 participants)
Blue Thumb is excited to be a part of an important exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that kicks off this summer in Oklahoma: Water/Ways. A partnership of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and state humanities councils, the exhibit is schedule to make stops in Oklahoma at:
  • Norman Public Library East: June 29 - August 18
  • Ada Public Library: August 26 - October 13
  • Locust Grove at Ingram’s Custom Rods: October 21 - December 8
  • *Fort Towson: December 16 - February 9, 2020
  • Altus at Museum of the Western Prairie: February 17, 2020 - April 12, 2020
The Cleveland County Blue Thumb contingency is already working on being a part of Water/Ways when it opens in Norman on June 29, 2019. Be sure that when Water/Ways comes close to your home that you pack up friends and family and experience it. There will also be opportunities for volunteers to have an official role at events. More will come out about this exhibit as it comes closer to your town. For more information, click here!
*(Please note that the Heaver State Park location has been changed to Fort Towson)*