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Outreach Materials and Activities

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Link to Information about Nationwide Inquiry
Data Reporting

Volunteer Monitoring ProgramsRelated Research and Educational EffortsGuide for Growing ProgramsUsing the Guide
Link to Why Monitoring Makes Sense 582K portable document format fileTypes of ActivitiesEffective TrainingQuality AssuranceVolunteer ManagementOutreach ToolsLocating Support and Funding Overcoming Networking BarriersSpecial Topics' header
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Volunteers sorting macroinvertebratesA number of outreach materials have been developed to support the Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project.

In order to share these materials with you, we have provided links to portable document format (pdf*) and Microsoft PowerPoint files which will allow you to view and/or print the materials.

Use the table below to identify the materials that are available and the format in which we share them with you on this website.

Outreach Material Description
file name
(file size)
Fact Sheet from U.R.I.'s 1995-96 Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Study
Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project Fact Sheet (March 2001)
PowerPoint presentation (in pdf format) describing Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project (National Water Quality Coordinator's Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 2001)
Marine Bio Invasives Species Monitoring Approaches for Volunteer Programs PowerPoint presentation (pdf format) (15th Annual National Conference Enhancing States' Lake Management Programs. Chicago, IL. April 24 -26, 2002)
"Working Effectively with Volunteers" Poster (National Water Quality Moniotirng Conference, Madison, WI, May 2002)
"Working Effectively with Volunteers" Poster Banner (National Water Quality Moniotirng Conference, Madison, WI, May 2002)
"Building a Comprehensive Support System for Cooperative Extension Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring" Poster (National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, Madison, WI, May 2002)

BuildingSupport.pdf
(92 KB)

"Building a Comprehensive Support System for Cooperative Extension Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring" Poster Banner (National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, Madison, WI, May 2002)
"Why Monitoring Makes Sense" Fact Sheet (October 2002)
"Marine Bio Invasive Species Monitoring Approaches for Volunteer Programs" Poster (Marine Bio Invasives Conference, San Diego, CA, March 2003)
"Designing Your Monitoring Strategy" Fact Sheet (June 2003)
Monitoring Matrix that supports the "Designing Your Monitoring Strategy" Fact Sheet including activities, data objectives, equipment and supplies needed, education and volunteer training, frequency of monitoring, and quality assurance standards to consider when designing a program (June 2003)

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