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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 ToolsLocating Support and Funding

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 Day

 



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CSREES National Water Conference
St. Louis, MO
February 8-12, 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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