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Proceedings from the 6th National Volunteer Monitoring Conference-Moving Into the Mainstream
Austin, Texas
April 26th - 29th, 2000

In the papers and presentation overviews that follow, two-part and repeated sessions appear once within the concurrent session in which they first appear (see the Conference-at-a-Glance for further clarification).

• Cover Page (PDF , 2 pages, 119 KB, about PDF)
• Introduction to these Proceedings (PDF , 6 pages, 383 KB, about PDF)
• Conference-at-a-Glance (PDF , 2 pages, 17 KB, about PDF)
• Field Trips (PDF , 2 pages, 17 KB, about PDF)
• Concurrent Session 1 (PDF , 2 pages, 432 KB, about PDF)

Volunteer Outreach Tactics that Work

• Michele L. Tremblay, Guerilla Outreach Tactics for Volunteer Monitoring Programs
Signs of Life: Monitoring the Health of Wetlands
• Leah Graff, Successes and Challenges of a Nation-wide Wetland Monitoring Handbook and Training Session
• Tom Danielson, Evaluating Wetland Health
• Klaus Richter, King County's Wetland-Breeding Amphibian Monitoring Program
• Charlotte Shover, Dakota County Wetland Health Evaluation Project
Murky Waters? Making Sense of Water Clarity Measures
• Jeff Schloss, Murky Waters: Gaining Clarity on Water Transparency Measurements
• Bob Craycraft, ViewScopes and Secchi Disk Measurements: What's the Difference
• Jennifer Klang, Using the Transparency Tube in Minnesota's New Citizen Stream Monitoring Program
You Found What? Rousing Reports and Powerful Presentations
• Marie-Françoise Walk, Developing a Data Presentation Plan
• Joan Martin, Creating Engaging and Effective Creek Reports


• Concurrent Session 2 (PDF , 42 pages, 410 KB, about PDF)

  How State Agencies Use Volunteer Data

• Stacey Brown, Cooperation and Partnerships: Virginia's Citizen Monitoring Program, Getting Data to Use
• Diane Wilson, Pennsylvania Citizens' Volunteer Monitoring Program
• Esperanza Stancioff, The Maine Shore Stewards Program Use of Data
• Karen Font-Williams, Oregon's Volunteer Monitoring Program
The C's Have It–Collaboration, Coordination, Comparability
• Connie Fortin, Minneapolis–St. Paul Area Volunteer Monitoring: A Coordinated Approach
• Ric Lawson, Coordinating Monitoring in the Lake Michigan Basin
• Eric Mendelman, Coordinating Monitoring in Texas
Innovative Coastal Monitoring Techniques
• Mary Enstrom and Sherry Dawson, Underwater Citizen Science in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
• Peter Milholland, Test Kits: Tricks of the Trade
• Lori Scinto, The Shoreline Alteration Citizen Monitoring Protocol – A Project Developed by Island County/Washington State University Beach Watchers
• Riley Young-Morse, Real-Time Detection of Toxic Phytoplankton
Introduction to Data Management and the STORET Approach
• Jeff Schloss, Data Management Systems: Some Basic Considerations
• Marty McComb, Patrick Detscher, Alice Mayio, The STORET Approach
Study Design: Deciding Why, What, How, When, and Where to Monitor
• Presenters: Geoff Dates, Angie Reed


• Concurrent Session 3 (PDF , 19 pages, 92 KB, about PDF)


From Sampling to Sustainability: Using Indicators to Connect Monitoring to Growth Management


• Presenter: Michele Witten
Agricultural Issues Panel
• Presenters: Ned Meister, Allan Stokes, Steve Taylor
Eye on Recovery: Monitoring Restoration Activities
• Leah Graff, Volunteer Monitoring of Stream Restoration: Muddy Branch Case Study
• Wenley Ferguson, From Fill to Phragmites: How Community Groups Can Assess and Restore Their Tidal Marshes
• Donna Meyers, Helpful Hints: Designing a Complete Monitoring Plan for Your Restoration Project
Data Management in Action 1: STORET and Excel-Based Demos
• Elizabeth Herron, Excel-Based Data Management
Advancing Your Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Program
• Presenters: Geoff Dates, Tom Danielson, Jim Harrison


• Concurrent Session 4 – Regional Breakouts (PDF , 12 pages, 108 KB, about PDF)


• Introduction to Regional Breakout Discussions
• Notes from Region 1
• Notes from Regions 2 and 3
• Notes from Region 4
• Notes from Region 5
• Notes from Region 6
• Notes from Region 7
• Notes from Region 8


• Concurrent Session 5 (PDF , 33 pages, 479 KB, about PDF)


An Introduction to the Clean Water Act and TMDLs


• Sharon Clifford, What's New on TMDLs?
Monitoring in the Urban Environment
• Jim Harrison, Lullwater Fork Improvement Project: Integration of Innovative Urban Watershed, Hydrology and Planning Approaches with the "Usual Monitoring"
• Ben Barber, UrbanWatch: Bringing Citizens, Scientists, and Cities Together
Program Roundtable A
• Josh Clemons and Martha Conklin, A Comparative Study of GLOBE and USGS Water
Quality Monitoring Data
• Yvette de Boer, Citizen Volunteer Monitoring of Forest Resources in the New York City Watershed
• Nancy Mesner, Bear River Watershed Education Project
Student Volunteers on the Web
• Steve Amos, Cyberways and Waterways: High School Students as Stakeholders and Monitoring Online
• Pete Schade, Creating Your Own Web-Based Interactive Stream Site
• Christos Michalopoulos, Students as Volunteer Monitors: Lessons Learned from the GLOBE Program
How's the Service in this Place? Parts 1 and 2
• Discussion Leaders: Elizabeth Herron, Jerry Schoen


• Concurrent Session 6 (PDF , 23 pages, 119 KB, about PDF)


The Role of Volunteer Monitoring in TMDLs


• Scott Kishbaugh, Volunteer Monitoring and Government Environmental Data Reporting: Smooth Fit or Square Peg in Round Hole?
• Donna Meyers, Volunteer Monitoring and TMDLs: San Lorenzo River Watershed Case Study
Developing A Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), Parts 1 and 2
• Presenters: Linda Green, Abby Markowitz, Mike Bira
Everyone Into the Water! Organizing a Regional Monitoring "Day"
• Diane Wilson, Capture the Moment–Pennsylvania's Watershed Snapshot
• Steven Hubbell, Earth Day Monitoring in Texas: From Seed to Harvest
Better Understanding Your Watershed Through GIS
• Bob Craycraft and Jeff Schloss, Community Mapping– Improving Natural Resource Conservation Through GIS Technolog


• Concurrent Session 7 (PDF , 17 pages, 97 KB, about PDF)


Measuring Bacterial Contamination


• Presenter: Gerri A. Miceli
Program Roundtable B
• Mary Carchrie, Forming a Senior Environment Corps
• Gary Comer, The Master Watershed Stewards Education Program
• John McCoy, Waterwatch – Data Use, Data Confidence, Australian Style
• Robert Williams, The Rivers Project
State Coordinator's Discussion Session
Student Volunteers Taking Action
• Bill Fleming, Watershed Planning and Monitoring By Local Student Stakeholders
• Torrey Lindbo, Advantages of Student Versus Agency Monitoring
• Ann Lyon, Schools/Townships Unite to Protect Water Quality


• Concurrent Session 8 (PDF , 5 pages, 34 KB, about PDF)


Data Management in Action 2: Web-Based Systems and EDAS Demos


• Bryan Parker, Web-Based Systems
• Mellini Sloan, EDAS: Facilitating the Analysis and Archiving of Ecological Data


• List of Participants (PDF , 16 pages, 78 KB, about PDF)

 

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