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This National Water Resource Project has created a comprehensive support system for Extension volunteer water quality monitoring and citizen science efforts across the country. The goal is to expand and strengthen the capacity of the existing Extension Volunteer Monitoring Network and to support development of new programs. We welcome comments and suggestions; our contact information is at the bottom of this page.

Header for information about this volunteer monitoring National Water Resource Project Link to Project Description 382K portable document format file Link to Information about Nationwide InquiryLink to Outreach Materials and Activities webpageLink to listing and inforamtion about online databasesLink to information about this project's training modules

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 CoCoRaHSLink to Highlighted Program archives
Link to job postings related to volunteer monitoring

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Link to information about validation studies for volunteer monitoring
Link to other research about volunteer monitoring

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

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Link to information about the Great Lakes Region tribal group survey regarding volunteer monitoirng and priority water resource issues
Link to information about the 2010 Great Lakes Tribal Water Summit

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
Link 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 a page dedicated to the memory of The Volunteer Monitor newsletter editor, Ellie Ely.

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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2012 National River Management Symposium
April 24-26, 2012
Asheville, NC

National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC) Water Conference
April 30-May 4, 2012
Portland, OR

National River Rally
May 4-7, 2012
Portland, OR

23rd Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference
May 15-16, 2012
Portsmouth, NH

Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water Conference
May 20-24, 2012
Portland, OR

Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP)
May 20-23, 2012
Hendersonville, NC

New England Chapter of NALMS
June 8-9, 2012
Durham, NH

Thirty-Fifth Annual National Indian Timber Symposium June 13 - 16, 2011
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Carlton, MN

Other upcoming water-related conferences


 

 
 
 

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

 
University of Rhode Island logo and link University of Wisconsin Extension logo and link Salish Kootenai College logo
USDA NIFA

 

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