Conference Presentations

January 10-12, 2007- Survey of the Nation’s Rivers Planning Meeting in San Antonio, TX

EPA Monitoring Priorities and the Survey of the Nation’s Waters (PDF) -- Susan Holdsworth, Acting Chief, EPA Monitoring Branch ( 20 pp., 1.1 MB)
Data Analysis for Rivers Assessment (PDF) ( 9 pp., 1.5 MB)
Flowing Water Design (PDF) ( 6 pp., 16 KB)
Indicators for Large Rivers (PDF) -- Joseph E. Flotemersch, USEPA ORD ( 13 pp., 871 KB)

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Indicators (PDF) -- Karen Blacksom, USEPA - ORD - Cincinnati ( 17 pp., 443 KB)
Fish Assessment Sampling Considerations (PDF) -- Robert M. Hughes, Oregon State University ( 39 pp., 9 MB)
Physical Habitat in Non-Wadeable Rivers and Streams (PDF) -- Phil Kaufmann, USEPA Corvallis ( 38 pp., 3.8 MB)
Human Health and Recreational Indicators (PDF) -- Treda Smith, USEPA OW and Joseph E. Flotemersch, USEPA ORD ( 10 pp., 158 KB)
Fish Tissue (PDF) ( 5 pp., 174 KB)

Reference Condition 101 (PDF) -- Tim Whittier, Oregon State University ( 38 pp., 332 KB)
Reference Condition for Great Rivers (PDF) -- Ted Angradi and David Bolgrien, USEPA ( 41 pp., 1.4 MB)
USGS Approaches to Assess Rivers and Streams (PDF) -- Donna Myers, Bill Wilber, et.al. U.S. Geological Survey ( 22 pp., 1.1 MB)

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