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Volunteer Monitoring Programs' Online Database Listing (and Links)

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Project Initiatives Link to 382K pdf file with a Project DescriptionLink to Outreach Materials and Activities webpageLink to Information about Nationwide InquiryLink to information about online databasesLink to webpage about training modules

Link to listing of Volunteer Monitoring Programs sponsored or co-sponsored by ExtensionLink to listing of Extension-connected Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring programsLink to webpae about volunteer monitoring programs' acheivementsLink to current highlighted programLink to highlighted program archiveslink to job postings

Header for studies that research and validate volunteer monitoringLink to validation studies of volunteer monitoringLink to other research about volunteer monitoringHeader for Related Research and Education Efforts

Link to archived volunteer monitoring discussionsLink to publications relevant to the volunteer monitoring communityHeader for section about tribal initiatives in volunteer monitoringLink to information about the Great Lakes tribal water resources surveyLink to information about the 2010 Great Lakes Water Resource SummitHeader for section about other National Water Resource ProjectsLink to NEMO Network websiteLink to information about other National Water Resource Projects
Link to webpage about the Guide for Growing Programs Link to 803 K pdf file about Using the Guide Link to Why Monitoring Makes Sense 582K portable document format fileLink to Designing Your Monitoring Strategy, 1.6 M p.d.f. fileLink to Monitoring Matrix, 80K p.d.f. fileLink to 986K p.d.f. file about effective training techniquesLink to 437 KB p.d.f. file of Monitoring Equipment SuppliersLink to listing of direct links to online manuals from volunteer monitoring (Extension) programsLink to 1.5 MB pdf file about Building Credibility for Volunteer Monitoring Programs (Quality Assurance and Quality Control)Link to 1020 KB pdf file about SHaring Information Through Internet ExchangeLink to fact sheet learning module about Volunteer Management (7 M pdf file)Link to 6086 KB pdf file about planning your program's data management systemLink to Tips and Tools for Effective PresentationsOutreach ToolsLocating Support and Funding

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Link to Secchi Dip-In websiteLink to National Water Monitoring Day InformationLink to Volunteer E. coli Monitoirn gProject website

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Volunteer monitoring programs with online databases (note, not all are Extension-sponsored):

Alabama Water Watch

Aquastats (An online database for storing water monitoring results in a central location.  It can be used for beaches, lakes, streams and rivers, as well as other water body types.)

Canada's Banrock Station Wetlands Foundation: Wetland Guardians Registry

Citizens Monitoring Bacteria (Note: This site is best used through Internet Explorer.)

Colorado River Watch

Georgia's Adopt-a-Stream

Great North American Secchi Dip-in

Illinois' DuPage County chapter of the Sierra Club Nutrient Monitoring Program

Indiana's Hoosier Riverwatch

Iowa NatureMapping

IOWATER

Kansas Pathfinder Science This database is actually an online mapping system organized by zipcode, so data locations will be somewhat generalized (if you're interested in data collection in a school district or something localized such as that).

Massachusetts' Waquoit Bay (Mass) National Estuarine Research Reserve Bay Watchers and system wide monitoring

Michigan's Flint River Watershed Coalition This site links to numerous data sources (all static data) including data reports as well as data from the Flint River Water Quality Project.

Alliance for the Great Lakes's Adopt-A-Beach Program

Knowledgebase for the Gulf of Maine

Michigan's MiCorps Data Exchange Network

Missouri Stream Teams

Montana Watercourse

New York's Hudson Basin River Watch

New York's Westchester County's Citizen Volunteer Monitoring Program

Ohio Lake Management Society's Citizen Lakes Monitoring (CLAM) Program

Oregon's Student Watershed Research Project Go to student data

South Carolina Oyster Restoration and Enhancement (SCORE) Program

Texas Clean River Program - Brazos River Basin

Utah's A River Run Through Us

Washington NatureMapping

Wisconsin's EcoAtlas

Wisconsin's NatureMapping

Wisconsin's Surface Water Integrated Monitoring System (SWIMS) Database (Note: This database is only searchable by registered users)

Wisconsin's Water Action Volunteers

Wisconsin Discovery Farms-Trained Local Samplers

World Monitoring Day

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Updated Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 10:14:16 CST
 

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