A Standardized Traveling Kicking Method (STKM) was tested for sensitivity to sampling personnel in collecting stream macroinvertebrates. Collections taken by different persons showed significant differences in relative standing crop in depauperate stream reaches, and minor differences for percent community composition in fauna rich reaches. The STKM appears to be an excellent, tool for monitoring community composition changes in riffle habitats, but requires further development for faunal-poor reaches of stream benthos.