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This Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project is designed to build a comprehensive support system for Extension volunteer water quality monitoring efforts across the country. The goal is to expand and strengthen the capacity of existing Extension volunteer monitoring programs and support development of new groups.

Header for information about this volunteer Monitoring National Facilitation Project Link to Project Description 382K portable document format file Link to Outreach Materials and Activities webpage Link to Information about Nationwide Inquiry Link to listing and inforamtion about online databases

Title that reads " Extension Volunteer Monitoring Programs"Link to listing of Extension-connected volunteer monitoring programs nationwidelink to a listing of Master Naturalist Programs in the United StatesLink to Highlights from programs across the nation
Link to information about Georgia Apodt-A-Wetland informationLink to Highlighted Program archives
Link to job postings related to volunteer monitoring

Related Research and Educational Efforts.Link to Research about volunteer monitoring
Link to select EPA-sponsored listserv archivesLink to webpage with links to various volunteer monitoring-related publications

Link to PowerPoint presentations that coincide with Guide for Growing Programs

National Faciliation Projects are listed below this title. There is an arrow symbol that indicates that all of the three projects listed below have websites that will exit you from this website.Link to external website for Nonpoint Source Education for Municipal Officials
Increasing Tribal Involvement in Water Quality NetowrksLink to information about additional National Facilitation Projects

 

 
This is a photo of a volunteer monitor in Wisconsin. Photo by Peggy Compton.

Link to Guide for Growing Programs' webpagelink to pdf file (914 K) of how to Use the Guide for Growing Programs
Link to Why Monitoring Makes Sense (582 K pdf file). Link to Designing Your Monitoring Strategy, 1.6 M p.d.f. file
LInk to 80K pdf file of Monitoring Matrix
Link to 986K pdf file about effective training techniquesLink to 437 KB pdf file of Monitoring Equipment Suppliers.Link to listing of direct links to online manuals from volunteer monitoring (Extension) programsLink to Building Credibilty: Quality Assurance and Control for Volunteer ProgramsLink 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 Presentations 95 KB pdf fileOutreach ToolsLink to Fundraising for Volunteer Monitoring (573 KB pdf file)

Of Special Interest
Link to Great North American Secchi Dip In website
Link to E. Coli project website
Link to Volunteer Monitor newsletterLink to webpage about National Monitoring DayLink to information about invasives, insects and other dangers of volunteer monitoring

 

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The Secchi Dip-In
June 27-July 19, 2009

17th National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop September 14-17, 2009
New Orleans, Louisiana

World Water Monitoring Day
September 18, 2009 (or a day of your choice)

5th Annual Conference of the Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs (ANROSP)
September 28-October 2, 2009
Shepherdstown, WV

NALMS Symposium
October 27-31, 2009
Hartford, CT

2010 Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water Conference
February 21-25, 2010
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Abstracts due July 15, 2009

7th National Monitoring Conference
April 25-29, 2010
Denver, Colorado
Abstracts due Sept. 19, 2009

Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP)
June 27-30, 2010
Fairbanks, AK
Call for abstracts - due July 18, 2009
 
 

 

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The cooperating Extension Programs for the Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project:

 
University of Rhode Island logo and link University of Wisconsin Extension logo and link Cooperative State, Reserach, education and EWxtension Service logo and link

 

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